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The Moon on Friday, October 4, 1985: Waning Gibbous, 75% lit

Waning · 75.2% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 11°

Moon age

19.7days

Moon phase on October 4, 1985Waning Gibbous

Friday 4 October 1985403,865 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, October 4, 1985, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 75.2% of its visible face lit, 19.7 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

75.2%Illumination at noon UTC
19.7 dMoon age
403,865 km250,950 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (11°)
29.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 4, 1985 is on Sunday, September 29, 1985 at 00:09 UTC, 5 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, October 14, 1985 at 04:33 UTC, 10 days later.

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

The Moon around October 4

More about this date

Friday, October 4, 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.