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The Moon on Monday, August 12, 1985: Waning Crescent, 17% lit

Waning · 16.9% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 01°

Moon age

25.5days

Moon phase on August 12, 1985Waning Crescent

Monday 12 August 1985392,776 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, August 12, 1985, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 16.9% of its visible face lit, 25.5 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

16.9%Illumination at noon UTC
25.5 dMoon age
392,776 km244,060 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (1°)
30.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 12, 1985 is on Wednesday, July 31, 1985 at 21:41 UTC, 12 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, August 16, 1985 at 10:06 UTC, 4 days later.

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

The Moon around August 12

More about this date

Monday, August 12, 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.