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The Moon on Wednesday, August 28, 1985: Waxing Gibbous, 96% lit

Waxing · 96.0% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 12°

Moon age

12.1days

Moon phase on August 28, 1985Waxing Gibbous

Wednesday 28 August 1985385,763 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, August 28, 1985, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 96.0% of its visible face lit, 12.1 days after the new moon and growing each night.

96.0%Illumination at noon UTC
12.1 dMoon age
385,763 km239,702 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (12°)
31.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 28, 1985 is on Friday, August 30, 1985 at 09:27 UTC, 2 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, August 16, 1985 at 10:06 UTC, 12 days earlier.

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

The Moon around August 28

More about this date

Wednesday, August 28, 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.