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The Moon on Monday, June 17, 1985: Waning Crescent, 1% lit

Waning · 1.0% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 14°

Moon age

28.6days

Moon phase on June 17, 1985Waning Crescent

Monday 17 June 1985398,415 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, June 17, 1985, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 1.0% of its visible face lit, 28.6 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

1.0%Illumination at noon UTC
28.6 dMoon age
398,415 km247,563 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (15°)
30.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to June 17, 1985 is on Monday, June 3, 1985 at 03:51 UTC, 14 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, June 18, 1985 at 11:58 UTC, 1 day later.

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

The Moon around June 17

More about this date

Monday, June 17, 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.