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The Moon on Tuesday, October 1, 1985: Waning Gibbous, 94% lit

Waning · 94.4% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 05°

Moon age

16.7days

Moon phase on October 1, 1985Waning Gibbous

Tuesday 1 October 1985405,269 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, October 1, 1985, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 94.4% of its visible face lit, 16.7 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

94.4%Illumination at noon UTC
16.7 dMoon age
405,269 km251,822 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (6°)
29.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 1, 1985 is on Sunday, September 29, 1985 at 00:09 UTC, 2 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, October 14, 1985 at 04:33 UTC, 13 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Sunday, September 29, 198500:09
Last Quarter (after)Monday, October 7, 198505:04

The Moon around October 1

More about this date

Tuesday, October 1, 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.