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The Moon on Friday, August 2, 1985: Waning Gibbous, 97% lit

Waning · 97.0% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 29°

Moon age

15.5days

Moon phase on August 2, 1985Waning Gibbous

Friday 2 August 1985388,521 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, August 2, 1985, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 97.0% of its visible face lit, 15.5 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

97.0%Illumination at noon UTC
15.5 dMoon age
388,521 km241,415 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (30°)
30.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 2, 1985 is on Wednesday, July 31, 1985 at 21:41 UTC, 2 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, August 16, 1985 at 10:06 UTC, 14 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Wednesday, July 31, 198521:41
Last Quarter (after)Thursday, August 8, 198518:29

The Moon around August 2

More about this date

Friday, August 2, 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.