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The Moon on Saturday, October 12, 1985: Waning Crescent, 4% lit

Waning · 4.3% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 25°

Moon age

27.7days

Moon phase on October 12, 1985Waning Crescent

Saturday 12 October 1985364,128 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, October 12, 1985, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 4.3% of its visible face lit, 27.7 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

4.3%Illumination at noon UTC
27.7 dMoon age
364,128 km226,258 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (26°)
32.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 12, 1985 is on Sunday, September 29, 1985 at 00:09 UTC, 13 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, October 14, 1985 at 04:33 UTC, 2 days later.

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

The Moon around October 12

More about this date

Saturday, October 12, 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.