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The Moon on Thursday, July 25, 1985: Waxing Gibbous, 56% lit

Waxing · 56.0% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 09°

Moon age

7.5days

Moon phase on July 25, 1985Waxing Gibbous

Thursday 25 July 1985369,650 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, July 25, 1985, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 56.0% of its visible face lit, 7.5 days after the new moon and growing each night.

56.0%Illumination at noon UTC
7.5 dMoon age
369,650 km229,690 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (9°)
32.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 25, 1985 is on Wednesday, July 31, 1985 at 21:41 UTC, 6 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, July 17, 1985 at 23:57 UTC, 8 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Wednesday, July 24, 198523:39
Full Moon (after)Wednesday, July 31, 198521:41

The Moon around July 25

More about this date

Thursday, July 25, 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.