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The Moon on Saturday, November 9, 1985: Waning Crescent, 14% lit

Waning · 13.7% lit · ♎︎ Libra 03°

Moon age

26.3days

Moon phase on November 9, 1985Waning Crescent

Saturday 9 November 1985365,254 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, November 9, 1985, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 13.7% of its visible face lit, 26.3 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

13.7%Illumination at noon UTC
26.3 dMoon age
365,254 km226,958 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (4°)
32.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to November 9, 1985 is on Monday, October 28, 1985 at 17:38 UTC, 12 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, November 12, 1985 at 14:20 UTC, 3 days later.

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

The Moon around November 9

More about this date

Saturday, November 9, 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.