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The Moon on Sunday, September 8, 1985: Waning Crescent, 41% lit

Waning · 40.6% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 26°

Moon age

23.1days

Moon phase on September 8, 1985Waning Crescent

Sunday 8 September 1985396,866 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, September 8, 1985, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 40.6% of its visible face lit, 23.1 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

40.6%Illumination at noon UTC
23.1 dMoon age
396,866 km246,601 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (27°)
30.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to September 8, 1985 is on Friday, August 30, 1985 at 09:27 UTC, 9 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, September 14, 1985 at 19:20 UTC, 6 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Saturday, September 7, 198512:16
New Moon (after)Saturday, September 14, 198519:20

The Moon around September 8

More about this date

Sunday, September 8, 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.