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The Moon on Saturday, November 2, 1985: Waning Gibbous, 81% lit

Waning · 81.0% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 01°

Moon age

19.3days

Moon phase on November 2, 1985Waning Gibbous

Saturday 2 November 1985401,383 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, November 2, 1985, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 81.0% of its visible face lit, 19.3 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

81.0%Illumination at noon UTC
19.3 dMoon age
401,383 km249,408 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (2°)
29.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to November 2, 1985 is on Monday, October 28, 1985 at 17:38 UTC, 5 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, November 12, 1985 at 14:20 UTC, 10 days later.

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

The Moon around November 2

More about this date

Saturday, November 2, 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.