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The Moon on Monday, October 7, 1985: Last Quarter, 47% lit

Waning · 47.2% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 17°

Last Quarter at

05:04UTC

Moon phase on October 7, 1985Last Quarter

Monday 7 October 1985392,894 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, October 7, 1985, the Moon was a Last Quarter: 47.2% of its visible face lit, 22.7 days after the new moon and shrinking each night. The exact Last Quarter happened at .

47.2%Illumination at noon UTC
22.7 dMoon age
392,894 km244,133 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (17°)
30.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 7, 1985 is on Sunday, September 29, 1985 at 00:09 UTC, 8 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, October 14, 1985 at 04:33 UTC, 7 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Sunday, September 29, 198500:09
Last Quarter (this day)Monday, October 7, 198505:04
New Moon (after)Monday, October 14, 198504:33

The Moon around October 7

More about this date

Monday, October 7, 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.