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The Moon on Wednesday, September 11, 1985: Waning Crescent, 14% lit

Waning · 13.9% lit · ♌︎ Leo 05°

Moon age

26.1days

Moon phase on September 11, 1985Waning Crescent

Wednesday 11 September 1985380,973 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, September 11, 1985, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 13.9% of its visible face lit, 26.1 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

13.9%Illumination at noon UTC
26.1 dMoon age
380,973 km236,726 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (5°)
31.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to September 11, 1985 is on Friday, August 30, 1985 at 09:27 UTC, 12 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, September 14, 1985 at 19:20 UTC, 3 days later.

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

The Moon around September 11

More about this date

Wednesday, September 11, 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.