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The Moon on Sunday, August 11, 1985: Waning Crescent, 25% lit

Waning · 25.0% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 18°

Moon age

24.5days

Moon phase on August 11, 1985Waning Crescent

Sunday 11 August 1985397,043 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, August 11, 1985, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 25.0% of its visible face lit, 24.5 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

25.0%Illumination at noon UTC
24.5 dMoon age
397,043 km246,711 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (19°)
30.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 11, 1985 is on Wednesday, July 31, 1985 at 21:41 UTC, 11 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, August 16, 1985 at 10:06 UTC, 5 days later.

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

The Moon around August 11

More about this date

Sunday, August 11, 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.