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The Moon on Tuesday, July 23, 1985: Waxing Crescent, 33% lit

Waxing · 33.4% lit · ♎︎ Libra 11°

Moon age

5.5days

Moon phase on July 23, 1985Waxing Crescent

Tuesday 23 July 1985370,915 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, July 23, 1985, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 33.4% of its visible face lit, 5.5 days after the new moon and growing each night.

33.4%Illumination at noon UTC
5.5 dMoon age
370,915 km230,476 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (11°)
32.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 23, 1985 is on Wednesday, July 31, 1985 at 21:41 UTC, 8 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, July 17, 1985 at 23:57 UTC, 6 days earlier.

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

The Moon around July 23

More about this date

Tuesday, July 23, 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.