Waxing · 53.6% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 04°
First Quarter at
04:36UTC
Moon phase on August 23, 1985First Quarter
On Friday, August 23, 1985, the Moon was a First Quarter: 53.6% of its visible face lit, 7.1 days after the new moon and growing each night. The exact First Quarter happened at .
53.6%Illumination at noon UTC
7.1 dMoon age
371,435 km230,799 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (4°)
32.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)
Nearest moon phases
The nearest full moon to August 23, 1985 is on Friday, August 30, 1985 at 09:27 UTC, 7 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, August 16, 1985 at 10:06 UTC, 7 days earlier.
| Phase | Date | Time (UTC) |
|---|---|---|
| New Moon (before) | Friday, August 16, 1985 | 10:06 |
| First Quarter (this day) | Friday, August 23, 1985 | 04:36 |
| Full Moon (after) | Friday, August 30, 1985 | 09:27 |
The Moon around August 23
More about this date
Friday, August 23, 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.
- See every phase of the month in the moon phases in August 1985, or the whole moon calendar 1985.
- The same date one year apart: 1984 · 1986.
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- Phases change by time zone: this page uses Coordinated Universal Time (UTC). Learn how to read the phases of the moon.