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The Moon on Thursday, August 29, 1985: Waxing Gibbous, 99% lit

Waxing · 99.0% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 25°

Moon age

13.1days

Moon phase on August 29, 1985Waxing Gibbous

Thursday 29 August 1985389,224 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, August 29, 1985, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 99.0% of its visible face lit, 13.1 days after the new moon and growing each night.

99.0%Illumination at noon UTC
13.1 dMoon age
389,224 km241,852 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (25°)
30.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 29, 1985 is on Friday, August 30, 1985 at 09:27 UTC, 1 day later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, August 16, 1985 at 10:06 UTC, 13 days earlier.

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

The Moon around August 29

More about this date

Thursday, August 29, 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.