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The Moon on Saturday, August 17, 1985: Waxing Crescent, 2% lit

Waxing · 1.7% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 08°

Moon age

1.1days

Moon phase on August 17, 1985Waxing Crescent

Saturday 17 August 1985371,008 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, August 17, 1985, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 1.7% of its visible face lit, 1.1 days after the new moon and growing each night.

1.7%Illumination at noon UTC
1.1 dMoon age
371,008 km230,534 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (9°)
32.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 17, 1985 is on Friday, August 30, 1985 at 09:27 UTC, 13 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, August 16, 1985 at 10:06 UTC, 1 day earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Friday, August 16, 198510:06
First Quarter (after)Friday, August 23, 198504:36

The Moon around August 17

More about this date

Saturday, August 17, 1985 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of August 16, 1985 to the new moon of September 14, 1985, a cycle of 29.38 days.