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The Moon on Tuesday, October 29, 1985: Waning Gibbous, 99% lit

Waning · 99.5% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 14°

Moon age

15.3days

Moon phase on October 29, 1985Waning Gibbous

Tuesday 29 October 1985406,245 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, October 29, 1985, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 99.5% of its visible face lit, 15.3 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

99.5%Illumination at noon UTC
15.3 dMoon age
406,245 km252,429 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (14°)
29.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 29, 1985 is on Monday, October 28, 1985 at 17:38 UTC, 1 day earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, November 12, 1985 at 14:20 UTC, 14 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Monday, October 28, 198517:38
Last Quarter (after)Tuesday, November 5, 198520:07

The Moon around October 29

More about this date

Tuesday, October 29, 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.