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The Moon on Thursday, September 12, 1985: Waning Crescent, 7% lit

Waning · 7.2% lit · ♌︎ Leo 18°

Moon age

27.1days

Moon phase on September 12, 1985Waning Crescent

Thursday 12 September 1985375,345 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, September 12, 1985, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 7.2% of its visible face lit, 27.1 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

7.2%Illumination at noon UTC
27.1 dMoon age
375,345 km233,228 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (19°)
31.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to September 12, 1985 is on Friday, August 30, 1985 at 09:27 UTC, 13 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, September 14, 1985 at 19:20 UTC, 2 days later.

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

The Moon around September 12

More about this date

Thursday, September 12, 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.