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The Moon on Sunday, October 27, 1985: Waxing Gibbous, 99% lit

Waxing · 98.6% lit · ♈︎ Aries 20°

Moon age

13.3days

Moon phase on October 27, 1985Waxing Gibbous

Sunday 27 October 1985404,448 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, October 27, 1985, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 98.6% of its visible face lit, 13.3 days after the new moon and growing each night.

98.6%Illumination at noon UTC
13.3 dMoon age
404,448 km251,312 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (21°)
29.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 27, 1985 is on Monday, October 28, 1985 at 17:38 UTC, 1 day later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, October 14, 1985 at 04:33 UTC, 13 days earlier.

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

The Moon around October 27

More about this date

Sunday, October 27, 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.