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The Moon on Saturday, June 29, 1985: Waxing Gibbous, 88% lit

Waxing · 88.1% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 27°

Moon age

11.0days

Moon phase on June 29, 1985Waxing Gibbous

Saturday 29 June 1985365,765 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, June 29, 1985, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 88.1% of its visible face lit, 11.0 days after the new moon and growing each night.

88.1%Illumination at noon UTC
11.0 dMoon age
365,765 km227,276 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (27°)
32.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to June 29, 1985 is on Tuesday, July 2, 1985 at 12:08 UTC, 3 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, June 18, 1985 at 11:58 UTC, 11 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Tuesday, June 25, 198518:53
Full Moon (after)Tuesday, July 2, 198512:08

The Moon around June 29

More about this date

Saturday, June 29, 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.