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The Moon on Friday, July 5, 1985: Waning Gibbous, 89% lit

Waning · 89.2% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 21°

Moon age

17.0days

Moon phase on July 5, 1985Waning Gibbous

Friday 5 July 1985385,593 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, July 5, 1985, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 89.2% of its visible face lit, 17.0 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

89.2%Illumination at noon UTC
17.0 dMoon age
385,593 km239,597 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (22°)
31.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 5, 1985 is on Tuesday, July 2, 1985 at 12:08 UTC, 3 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, July 17, 1985 at 23:57 UTC, 12 days later.

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

The Moon around July 5

More about this date

Friday, July 5, 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.