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The Moon on Friday, September 20, 1985: Waxing Crescent, 39% lit

Waxing · 39.3% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 15°

Moon age

5.7days

Moon phase on September 20, 1985Waxing Crescent

Friday 20 September 1985370,659 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, September 20, 1985, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 39.3% of its visible face lit, 5.7 days after the new moon and growing each night.

39.3%Illumination at noon UTC
5.7 dMoon age
370,659 km230,317 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (15°)
32.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to September 20, 1985 is on Sunday, September 29, 1985 at 00:09 UTC, 9 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, September 14, 1985 at 19:20 UTC, 6 days earlier.

The Moon around September 20

More about this date

Friday, September 20, 1985 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of September 14, 1985 to the new moon of October 14, 1985, a cycle of 29.38 days.