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The Moon on Monday, July 15, 1985: Waning Crescent, 7% lit

Waning · 6.7% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 23°

Moon age

27.0days

Moon phase on July 15, 1985Waning Crescent

Monday 15 July 1985395,082 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, July 15, 1985, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 6.7% of its visible face lit, 27.0 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

6.7%Illumination at noon UTC
27.0 dMoon age
395,082 km245,492 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (23°)
30.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 15, 1985 is on Tuesday, July 2, 1985 at 12:08 UTC, 13 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, July 17, 1985 at 23:57 UTC, 2 days later.

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

The Moon around July 15

More about this date

Monday, July 15, 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.