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The Moon on Sunday, October 20, 1985: First Quarter, 46% lit

Waxing · 46.4% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 22°

First Quarter at

20:13UTC

Moon phase on October 20, 1985First Quarter

Sunday 20 October 1985378,610 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, October 20, 1985, the Moon was a First Quarter: 46.4% of its visible face lit, 6.3 days after the new moon and growing each night. The exact First Quarter happened at .

46.4%Illumination at noon UTC
6.3 dMoon age
378,610 km235,257 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (23°)
31.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 20, 1985 is on Monday, October 28, 1985 at 17:38 UTC, 8 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, October 14, 1985 at 04:33 UTC, 6 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Monday, October 14, 198504:33
First Quarter (this day)Sunday, October 20, 198520:13
Full Moon (after)Monday, October 28, 198517:38

The Moon around October 20

More about this date

Sunday, October 20, 1985 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of October 14, 1985 to the new moon of November 12, 1985, a cycle of 29.41 days.