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The Moon on Sunday, September 22, 1985: Waxing Gibbous, 61% lit

Waxing · 61.5% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 12°

Moon age

7.7days

Moon phase on September 22, 1985Waxing Gibbous

Sunday 22 September 1985378,770 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, September 22, 1985, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 61.5% of its visible face lit, 7.7 days after the new moon and growing each night.

61.5%Illumination at noon UTC
7.7 dMoon age
378,770 km235,356 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (13°)
31.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to September 22, 1985 is on Sunday, September 29, 1985 at 00:09 UTC, 7 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, September 14, 1985 at 19:20 UTC, 8 days earlier.

The Moon around September 22

More about this date

Sunday, September 22, 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.