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The Moon on Thursday, June 20, 1985: Waxing Crescent, 4% lit

Waxing · 4.3% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 22°

Moon age

2.0days

Moon phase on June 20, 1985Waxing Crescent

Thursday 20 June 1985388,573 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, June 20, 1985, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 4.3% of its visible face lit, 2.0 days after the new moon and growing each night.

4.3%Illumination at noon UTC
2.0 dMoon age
388,573 km241,448 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (23°)
30.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to June 20, 1985 is on Tuesday, July 2, 1985 at 12:08 UTC, 12 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, June 18, 1985 at 11:58 UTC, 2 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Tuesday, June 18, 198511:58
First Quarter (after)Tuesday, June 25, 198518:53

The Moon around June 20

More about this date

Thursday, June 20, 1985 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of June 18, 1985 to the new moon of July 17, 1985, a cycle of 29.50 days.