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The Moon on Saturday, August 10, 1985: Waning Crescent, 34% lit

Waning · 33.9% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 06°

Moon age

23.5days

Moon phase on August 10, 1985Waning Crescent

Saturday 10 August 1985400,482 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, August 10, 1985, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 33.9% of its visible face lit, 23.5 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

33.9%Illumination at noon UTC
23.5 dMoon age
400,482 km248,848 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (7°)
29.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 10, 1985 is on Wednesday, July 31, 1985 at 21:41 UTC, 10 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, August 16, 1985 at 10:06 UTC, 6 days later.

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

The Moon around August 10

More about this date

Saturday, August 10, 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.