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The Moon on Thursday, July 18, 1985: Waxing Crescent, 0% lit

Waxing · 0.5% lit · ♌︎ Leo 01°

Moon age

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Moon phase on July 18, 1985Waxing Crescent

Thursday 18 July 1985383,297 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, July 18, 1985, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 0.5% of its visible face lit, 0.5 days after the new moon and growing each night.

0.5%Illumination at noon UTC
0.5 dMoon age
383,297 km238,170 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (2°)
31.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 18, 1985 is on Wednesday, July 31, 1985 at 21:41 UTC, 13 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, July 17, 1985 at 23:57 UTC, 1 day earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Wednesday, July 17, 198523:57
First Quarter (after)Wednesday, July 24, 198523:39

The Moon around July 18

More about this date

Thursday, July 18, 1985 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of July 17, 1985 to the new moon of August 16, 1985, a cycle of 29.42 days.