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The Moon on Thursday, June 6, 1985: Waning Gibbous, 86% lit

Waning · 85.7% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 00°

Moon age

17.6days

Moon phase on June 6, 1985Waning Gibbous

Thursday 6 June 1985378,686 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, June 6, 1985, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 85.7% of its visible face lit, 17.6 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

85.7%Illumination at noon UTC
17.6 dMoon age
378,686 km235,304 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (0°)
31.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to June 6, 1985 is on Monday, June 3, 1985 at 03:51 UTC, 3 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, June 18, 1985 at 11:58 UTC, 12 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Monday, June 3, 198503:51
Last Quarter (after)Monday, June 10, 198508:19

The Moon around June 6

More about this date

Thursday, June 6, 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.