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The Moon on Friday, September 27, 1985: Waxing Gibbous, 98% lit

Waxing · 97.7% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 17°

Moon age

12.7days

Moon phase on September 27, 1985Waxing Gibbous

Friday 27 September 1985397,013 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, September 27, 1985, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 97.7% of its visible face lit, 12.7 days after the new moon and growing each night.

97.7%Illumination at noon UTC
12.7 dMoon age
397,013 km246,692 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (17°)
30.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to September 27, 1985 is on Sunday, September 29, 1985 at 00:09 UTC, 2 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, September 14, 1985 at 19:20 UTC, 13 days earlier.

The Moon around September 27

More about this date

Friday, September 27, 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.