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The Moon on Tuesday, September 3, 1985: Waning Gibbous, 85% lit

Waning · 84.6% lit · ♈︎ Aries 27°

Moon age

18.1days

Moon phase on September 3, 1985Waning Gibbous

Tuesday 3 September 1985403,747 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, September 3, 1985, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 84.6% of its visible face lit, 18.1 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

84.6%Illumination at noon UTC
18.1 dMoon age
403,747 km250,877 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (27°)
29.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to September 3, 1985 is on Friday, August 30, 1985 at 09:27 UTC, 4 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, September 14, 1985 at 19:20 UTC, 11 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Friday, August 30, 198509:27
Last Quarter (after)Saturday, September 7, 198512:16

The Moon around September 3

More about this date

Tuesday, September 3, 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.