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The Moon on Monday, September 9, 1985: Waning Crescent, 31% lit

Waning · 31.0% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 09°

Moon age

24.1days

Moon phase on September 9, 1985Waning Crescent

Monday 9 September 1985392,142 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, September 9, 1985, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 31.0% of its visible face lit, 24.1 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

31.0%Illumination at noon UTC
24.1 dMoon age
392,142 km243,665 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (9°)
30.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to September 9, 1985 is on Friday, August 30, 1985 at 09:27 UTC, 10 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, September 14, 1985 at 19:20 UTC, 5 days later.

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

The Moon around September 9

More about this date

Monday, September 9, 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.