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The Moon on Saturday, July 20, 1985: Waxing Crescent, 8% lit

Waxing · 7.5% lit · ♌︎ Leo 29°

Moon age

2.5days

Moon phase on July 20, 1985Waxing Crescent

Saturday 20 July 1985376,737 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, July 20, 1985, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 7.5% of its visible face lit, 2.5 days after the new moon and growing each night.

7.5%Illumination at noon UTC
2.5 dMoon age
376,737 km234,094 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (29°)
31.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 20, 1985 is on Wednesday, July 31, 1985 at 21:41 UTC, 11 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, July 17, 1985 at 23:57 UTC, 3 days earlier.

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

The Moon around July 20

More about this date

Saturday, July 20, 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.