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The Moon on Sunday, August 25, 1985: Waxing Gibbous, 75% lit

Waxing · 74.9% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 02°

Moon age

9.1days

Moon phase on August 25, 1985Waxing Gibbous

Sunday 25 August 1985376,417 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, August 25, 1985, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 74.9% of its visible face lit, 9.1 days after the new moon and growing each night.

74.9%Illumination at noon UTC
9.1 dMoon age
376,417 km233,895 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (2°)
31.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 25, 1985 is on Friday, August 30, 1985 at 09:27 UTC, 5 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, August 16, 1985 at 10:06 UTC, 9 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Friday, August 23, 198504:36
Full Moon (after)Friday, August 30, 198509:27

The Moon around August 25

More about this date

Sunday, August 25, 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.