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The Moon on Tuesday, July 30, 1985: Waxing Gibbous, 97% lit

Waxing · 97.5% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 19°

Moon age

12.5days

Moon phase on July 30, 1985Waxing Gibbous

Tuesday 30 July 1985376,837 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, July 30, 1985, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 97.5% of its visible face lit, 12.5 days after the new moon and growing each night.

97.5%Illumination at noon UTC
12.5 dMoon age
376,837 km234,156 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (19°)
31.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 30, 1985 is on Wednesday, July 31, 1985 at 21:41 UTC, 1 day later, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, July 17, 1985 at 23:57 UTC, 13 days earlier.

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

The Moon around July 30

More about this date

Tuesday, July 30, 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.