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The Moon on Saturday, June 22, 1985: Waxing Crescent, 17% lit

Waxing · 16.8% lit · ♌︎ Leo 19°

Moon age

4.0days

Moon phase on June 22, 1985Waxing Crescent

Saturday 22 June 1985381,750 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, June 22, 1985, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 16.8% of its visible face lit, 4.0 days after the new moon and growing each night.

16.8%Illumination at noon UTC
4.0 dMoon age
381,750 km237,208 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (19°)
31.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to June 22, 1985 is on Tuesday, July 2, 1985 at 12:08 UTC, 10 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, June 18, 1985 at 11:58 UTC, 4 days earlier.

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

The Moon around June 22

More about this date

Saturday, June 22, 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.