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The Moon on Tuesday, October 22, 1985: Waxing Gibbous, 67% lit

Waxing · 67.2% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 19°

Moon age

8.3days

Moon phase on October 22, 1985Waxing Gibbous

Tuesday 22 October 1985388,907 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, October 22, 1985, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 67.2% of its visible face lit, 8.3 days after the new moon and growing each night.

67.2%Illumination at noon UTC
8.3 dMoon age
388,907 km241,655 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (19°)
30.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 22, 1985 is on Monday, October 28, 1985 at 17:38 UTC, 6 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, October 14, 1985 at 04:33 UTC, 8 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Sunday, October 20, 198520:13
Full Moon (after)Monday, October 28, 198517:38

The Moon around October 22

More about this date

Tuesday, October 22, 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.