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The Moon on Tuesday, July 9, 1985: Waning Gibbous, 55% lit

Waning · 55.2% lit · ♈︎ Aries 11°

Moon age

21.0days

Moon phase on July 9, 1985Waning Gibbous

Tuesday 9 July 1985402,153 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, July 9, 1985, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 55.2% of its visible face lit, 21.0 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

55.2%Illumination at noon UTC
21.0 dMoon age
402,153 km249,886 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (11°)
29.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 9, 1985 is on Tuesday, July 2, 1985 at 12:08 UTC, 7 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, July 17, 1985 at 23:57 UTC, 8 days later.

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

The Moon around July 9

More about this date

Tuesday, July 9, 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.