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The Moon on Thursday, October 10, 1985: Waning Crescent, 18% lit

Waning · 18.1% lit · ♌︎ Leo 27°

Moon age

25.7days

Moon phase on October 10, 1985Waning Crescent

Thursday 10 October 1985375,000 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, October 10, 1985, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 18.1% of its visible face lit, 25.7 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

18.1%Illumination at noon UTC
25.7 dMoon age
375,000 km233,014 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (27°)
31.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 10, 1985 is on Sunday, September 29, 1985 at 00:09 UTC, 11 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, October 14, 1985 at 04:33 UTC, 4 days later.

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

The Moon around October 10

More about this date

Thursday, October 10, 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.