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The Moon on Thursday, October 31, 1985: Waning Gibbous, 93% lit

Waning · 93.3% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 07°

Moon age

17.3days

Moon phase on October 31, 1985Waning Gibbous

Thursday 31 October 1985405,401 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, October 31, 1985, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 93.3% of its visible face lit, 17.3 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

93.3%Illumination at noon UTC
17.3 dMoon age
405,401 km251,904 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (8°)
29.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 31, 1985 is on Monday, October 28, 1985 at 17:38 UTC, 3 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, November 12, 1985 at 14:20 UTC, 12 days later.

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

The Moon around October 31

More about this date

Thursday, October 31, 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.