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The Moon on Friday, May 24, 1985: Waxing Crescent, 20% lit

Waxing · 19.7% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 25°

Moon age

4.6days

Moon phase on May 24, 1985Waxing Crescent

Friday 24 May 1985389,032 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, May 24, 1985, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 19.7% of its visible face lit, 4.6 days after the new moon and growing each night.

19.7%Illumination at noon UTC
4.6 dMoon age
389,032 km241,733 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (26°)
30.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 24, 1985 is on Monday, June 3, 1985 at 03:51 UTC, 10 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, May 19, 1985 at 21:41 UTC, 5 days earlier.

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

The Moon around May 24

More about this date

Friday, May 24, 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.