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The Moon on Tuesday, May 21, 1985: Waxing Crescent, 2% lit

Waxing · 2.5% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 18°

Moon age

1.6days

Moon phase on May 21, 1985Waxing Crescent

Tuesday 21 May 1985399,177 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, May 21, 1985, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 2.5% of its visible face lit, 1.6 days after the new moon and growing each night.

2.5%Illumination at noon UTC
1.6 dMoon age
399,177 km248,037 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (18°)
29.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 21, 1985 is on Monday, June 3, 1985 at 03:51 UTC, 13 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, May 19, 1985 at 21:41 UTC, 2 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Sunday, May 19, 198521:41
First Quarter (after)Monday, May 27, 198512:56

The Moon around May 21

More about this date

Tuesday, May 21, 1985 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of May 19, 1985 to the new moon of June 18, 1985, a cycle of 29.59 days.