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The Moon on Sunday, October 13, 1985: Waning Crescent, 1% lit

Waning · 0.8% lit · ♎︎ Libra 10°

Moon age

28.7days

Moon phase on October 13, 1985Waning Crescent

Sunday 13 October 1985360,483 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, October 13, 1985, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 0.8% of its visible face lit, 28.7 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

0.8%Illumination at noon UTC
28.7 dMoon age
360,483 km223,994 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (10°)
33.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 13, 1985 is on Sunday, September 29, 1985 at 00:09 UTC, 14 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, October 14, 1985 at 04:33 UTC, 1 day later.

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

The Moon around October 13

More about this date

Sunday, October 13, 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.