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The Moon on Sunday, June 23, 1985: Waxing Crescent, 26% lit

Waxing · 25.6% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 02°

Moon age

5.0days

Moon phase on June 23, 1985Waxing Crescent

Sunday 23 June 1985378,438 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, June 23, 1985, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 25.6% of its visible face lit, 5.0 days after the new moon and growing each night.

25.6%Illumination at noon UTC
5.0 dMoon age
378,438 km235,151 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (3°)
31.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to June 23, 1985 is on Tuesday, July 2, 1985 at 12:08 UTC, 9 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, June 18, 1985 at 11:58 UTC, 5 days earlier.

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

The Moon around June 23

More about this date

Sunday, June 23, 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.