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The Moon on Wednesday, July 3, 1985: Waning Gibbous, 99% lit

Waning · 98.6% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 24°

Moon age

15.0days

Moon phase on July 3, 1985Waning Gibbous

Wednesday 3 July 1985375,610 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, July 3, 1985, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 98.6% of its visible face lit, 15.0 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

98.6%Illumination at noon UTC
15.0 dMoon age
375,610 km233,393 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (24°)
31.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 3, 1985 is on Tuesday, July 2, 1985 at 12:08 UTC, 1 day earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, July 17, 1985 at 23:57 UTC, 14 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Tuesday, July 2, 198512:08
Last Quarter (after)Wednesday, July 10, 198500:50

The Moon around July 3

More about this date

Wednesday, July 3, 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.