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The Moon on Friday, October 11, 1985: Waning Crescent, 10% lit

Waning · 10.3% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 11°

Moon age

26.7days

Moon phase on October 11, 1985Waning Crescent

Friday 11 October 1985369,125 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, October 11, 1985, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 10.3% of its visible face lit, 26.7 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

10.3%Illumination at noon UTC
26.7 dMoon age
369,125 km229,364 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (11°)
32.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 11, 1985 is on Sunday, September 29, 1985 at 00:09 UTC, 12 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, October 14, 1985 at 04:33 UTC, 3 days later.

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

The Moon around October 11

More about this date

Friday, October 11, 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.