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The Moon on Friday, August 9, 1985: Waning Crescent, 43% lit

Waning · 43.2% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 24°

Moon age

22.5days

Moon phase on August 9, 1985Waning Crescent

Friday 9 August 1985402,852 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, August 9, 1985, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 43.2% of its visible face lit, 22.5 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

43.2%Illumination at noon UTC
22.5 dMoon age
402,852 km250,320 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (25°)
29.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

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

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Thursday, August 8, 198518:29
New Moon (after)Friday, August 16, 198510:06

The Moon around August 9

More about this date

Friday, August 9, 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.