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The Moon on Friday, November 1, 1985: Waning Gibbous, 88% lit

Waning · 87.9% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 19°

Moon age

18.3days

Moon phase on November 1, 1985Waning Gibbous

Friday 1 November 1985403,827 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, November 1, 1985, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 87.9% of its visible face lit, 18.3 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

87.9%Illumination at noon UTC
18.3 dMoon age
403,827 km250,926 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (20°)
29.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to November 1, 1985 is on Monday, October 28, 1985 at 17:38 UTC, 4 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, November 12, 1985 at 14:20 UTC, 11 days later.

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

The Moon around November 1

More about this date

Friday, November 1, 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.