Waxing · 12.3% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 12°
Moon age
3.6days
Moon phase on May 23, 1985Waxing Crescent
On Thursday, May 23, 1985, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 12.3% of its visible face lit, 3.6 days after the new moon and growing each night.
12.3%Illumination at noon UTC
3.6 dMoon age
392,820 km244,087 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (13°)
30.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)
Nearest moon phases
The nearest full moon to May 23, 1985 is on Monday, June 3, 1985 at 03:51 UTC, 11 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, May 19, 1985 at 21:41 UTC, 4 days earlier.
| Phase | Date | Time (UTC) |
|---|---|---|
| New Moon (before) | Sunday, May 19, 1985 | 21:41 |
| First Quarter (after) | Monday, May 27, 1985 | 12:56 |
The Moon around May 23
More about this date
Thursday, May 23, 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.
- See every phase of the month in the moon phases in May 1985, or the whole moon calendar 1985.
- The same date one year apart: 1984 · 1986.
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- Phases change by time zone: this page uses Coordinated Universal Time (UTC). Learn how to read the phases of the moon.