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The Moon on Saturday, June 15, 1985: Waning Crescent, 8% lit

Waning · 8.4% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 20°

Moon age

26.6days

Moon phase on June 15, 1985Waning Crescent

Saturday 15 June 1985403,288 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, June 15, 1985, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 8.4% of its visible face lit, 26.6 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

8.4%Illumination at noon UTC
26.6 dMoon age
403,288 km250,592 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (21°)
29.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to June 15, 1985 is on Monday, June 3, 1985 at 03:51 UTC, 12 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, June 18, 1985 at 11:58 UTC, 3 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Monday, June 10, 198508:19
New Moon (after)Tuesday, June 18, 198511:58

The Moon around June 15

More about this date

Saturday, June 15, 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.