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The Moon on Thursday, July 11, 1985: Waning Crescent, 36% lit

Waning · 36.4% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 05°

Moon age

23.0days

Moon phase on July 11, 1985Waning Crescent

Thursday 11 July 1985404,224 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, July 11, 1985, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 36.4% of its visible face lit, 23.0 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

36.4%Illumination at noon UTC
23.0 dMoon age
404,224 km251,173 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (5°)
29.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 11, 1985 is on Tuesday, July 2, 1985 at 12:08 UTC, 9 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, July 17, 1985 at 23:57 UTC, 6 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Wednesday, July 10, 198500:50
New Moon (after)Wednesday, July 17, 198523:57

The Moon around July 11

More about this date

Thursday, July 11, 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.