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The Moon on Friday, August 30, 1985: Full Moon, 100% lit

Waning · 99.8% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 08°

Full Moon at

09:27UTC

Moon phase on August 30, 1985Full Moon

Friday 30 August 1985392,728 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, August 30, 1985, the Moon was a Full Moon: 99.8% of its visible face lit, 14.1 days after the new moon and at its fullest. The exact Full Moon happened at .

99.8%Illumination at noon UTC
14.1 dMoon age
392,728 km244,030 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (8°)
30.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
FullWhole disc lit

Full moon

This is the Sturgeon Moon, 392,360 km from Earth.

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 30, 1985 is on Friday, August 30, 1985 at 09:27 UTC, the same day, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, August 16, 1985 at 10:06 UTC, 14 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Friday, August 23, 198504:36
Full Moon (this day)Friday, August 30, 198509:27
Last Quarter (after)Saturday, September 7, 198512:16

The Moon around August 30

More about this date

Friday, August 30, 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.