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The Moon on Friday, November 15, 1985: Waxing Crescent, 12% lit

Waxing · 12.2% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 03°

Moon age

2.9days

Moon phase on November 15, 1985Waxing Crescent

Friday 15 November 1985365,085 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, November 15, 1985, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 12.2% of its visible face lit, 2.9 days after the new moon and growing each night.

12.2%Illumination at noon UTC
2.9 dMoon age
365,085 km226,853 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (4°)
32.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to November 15, 1985 is on Wednesday, November 27, 1985 at 12:42 UTC, 12 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, November 12, 1985 at 14:20 UTC, 3 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Tuesday, November 12, 198514:20
First Quarter (after)Tuesday, November 19, 198509:04

The Moon around November 15

More about this date

Friday, November 15, 1985 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of November 12, 1985 to the new moon of December 12, 1985, a cycle of 29.44 days.