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The Moon on Sunday, August 18, 1985: Waxing Crescent, 6% lit

Waxing · 5.8% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 22°

Moon age

2.1days

Moon phase on August 18, 1985Waxing Crescent

Sunday 18 August 1985368,756 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, August 18, 1985, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 5.8% of its visible face lit, 2.1 days after the new moon and growing each night.

5.8%Illumination at noon UTC
2.1 dMoon age
368,756 km229,135 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (23°)
32.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 18, 1985 is on Friday, August 30, 1985 at 09:27 UTC, 12 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, August 16, 1985 at 10:06 UTC, 2 days earlier.

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

The Moon around August 18

More about this date

Sunday, August 18, 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.