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The Moon on Wednesday, October 9, 1985: Waning Crescent, 27% lit

Waning · 27.3% lit · ♌︎ Leo 13°

Moon age

24.7days

Moon phase on October 9, 1985Waning Crescent

Wednesday 9 October 1985381,232 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, October 9, 1985, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 27.3% of its visible face lit, 24.7 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

27.3%Illumination at noon UTC
24.7 dMoon age
381,232 km236,886 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (13°)
31.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 9, 1985 is on Sunday, September 29, 1985 at 00:09 UTC, 10 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, October 14, 1985 at 04:33 UTC, 5 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Monday, October 7, 198505:04
New Moon (after)Monday, October 14, 198504:33

The Moon around October 9

More about this date

Wednesday, October 9, 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.