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The Moon on Saturday, July 27, 1985: Waxing Gibbous, 77% lit

Waxing · 77.4% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 07°

Moon age

9.5days

Moon phase on July 27, 1985Waxing Gibbous

Saturday 27 July 1985370,535 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, July 27, 1985, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 77.4% of its visible face lit, 9.5 days after the new moon and growing each night.

77.4%Illumination at noon UTC
9.5 dMoon age
370,535 km230,240 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (8°)
32.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 27, 1985 is on Wednesday, July 31, 1985 at 21:41 UTC, 4 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, July 17, 1985 at 23:57 UTC, 10 days earlier.

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

The Moon around July 27

More about this date

Saturday, July 27, 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.