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The Moon on Sunday, July 14, 1985: Waning Crescent, 12% lit

Waning · 12.4% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 10°

Moon age

26.0days

Moon phase on July 14, 1985Waning Crescent

Sunday 14 July 1985398,603 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, July 14, 1985, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 12.4% of its visible face lit, 26.0 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

12.4%Illumination at noon UTC
26.0 dMoon age
398,603 km247,680 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (11°)
30.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

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

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

The Moon around July 14

More about this date

Sunday, July 14, 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.