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The Moon on Wednesday, August 7, 1985: Waning Gibbous, 62% lit

Waning · 62.0% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 01°

Moon age

20.5days

Moon phase on August 7, 1985Waning Gibbous

Wednesday 7 August 1985403,876 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, August 7, 1985, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 62.0% of its visible face lit, 20.5 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

62.0%Illumination at noon UTC
20.5 dMoon age
403,876 km250,957 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (1°)
29.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 7, 1985 is on Wednesday, July 31, 1985 at 21:41 UTC, 7 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, August 16, 1985 at 10:06 UTC, 9 days later.

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

The Moon around August 7

More about this date

Wednesday, August 7, 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.