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The Moon on Thursday, August 22, 1985: Waxing Crescent, 42% lit

Waxing · 42.2% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 20°

Moon age

6.1days

Moon phase on August 22, 1985Waxing Crescent

Thursday 22 August 1985369,498 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, August 22, 1985, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 42.2% of its visible face lit, 6.1 days after the new moon and growing each night.

42.2%Illumination at noon UTC
6.1 dMoon age
369,498 km229,595 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (20°)
32.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 22, 1985 is on Friday, August 30, 1985 at 09:27 UTC, 8 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, August 16, 1985 at 10:06 UTC, 6 days earlier.

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

The Moon around August 22

More about this date

Thursday, August 22, 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.