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The Moon on Friday, September 6, 1985: Waning Gibbous, 60% lit

Waning · 59.7% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 02°

Moon age

21.1days

Moon phase on September 6, 1985Waning Gibbous

Friday 6 September 1985403,195 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, September 6, 1985, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 59.7% of its visible face lit, 21.1 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

59.7%Illumination at noon UTC
21.1 dMoon age
403,195 km250,533 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (3°)
29.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to September 6, 1985 is on Friday, August 30, 1985 at 09:27 UTC, 7 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, September 14, 1985 at 19:20 UTC, 8 days later.

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

The Moon around September 6

More about this date

Friday, September 6, 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.