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The Moon on Saturday, October 5, 1985: Waning Gibbous, 67% lit

Waning · 66.6% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 22°

Moon age

20.7days

Moon phase on October 5, 1985Waning Gibbous

Saturday 5 October 1985401,297 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, October 5, 1985, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 66.6% of its visible face lit, 20.7 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

66.6%Illumination at noon UTC
20.7 dMoon age
401,297 km249,354 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (23°)
29.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 5, 1985 is on Sunday, September 29, 1985 at 00:09 UTC, 6 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, October 14, 1985 at 04:33 UTC, 9 days later.

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

The Moon around October 5

More about this date

Saturday, October 5, 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.