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The Moon on Friday, November 8, 1985: Waning Crescent, 23% lit

Waning · 22.7% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 19°

Moon age

25.3days

Moon phase on November 8, 1985Waning Crescent

Friday 8 November 1985370,757 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, November 8, 1985, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 22.7% of its visible face lit, 25.3 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

22.7%Illumination at noon UTC
25.3 dMoon age
370,757 km230,378 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (19°)
32.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to November 8, 1985 is on Monday, October 28, 1985 at 17:38 UTC, 11 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, November 12, 1985 at 14:20 UTC, 4 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Tuesday, November 5, 198520:07
New Moon (after)Tuesday, November 12, 198514:20

The Moon around November 8

More about this date

Friday, November 8, 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.