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The Moon on Thursday, October 24, 1985: Waxing Gibbous, 84% lit

Waxing · 84.3% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 14°

Moon age

10.3days

Moon phase on October 24, 1985Waxing Gibbous

Thursday 24 October 1985397,082 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, October 24, 1985, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 84.3% of its visible face lit, 10.3 days after the new moon and growing each night.

84.3%Illumination at noon UTC
10.3 dMoon age
397,082 km246,735 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (14°)
30.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 24, 1985 is on Monday, October 28, 1985 at 17:38 UTC, 4 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, October 14, 1985 at 04:33 UTC, 10 days earlier.

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

The Moon around October 24

More about this date

Thursday, October 24, 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.