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The Moon on Tuesday, November 19, 1985: First Quarter, 51% lit

Waxing · 51.4% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 28°

First Quarter at

09:04UTC

Moon phase on November 19, 1985First Quarter

Tuesday 19 November 1985388,701 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, November 19, 1985, the Moon was a First Quarter: 51.4% of its visible face lit, 6.9 days after the new moon and growing each night. The exact First Quarter happened at .

51.4%Illumination at noon UTC
6.9 dMoon age
388,701 km241,527 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (29°)
30.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to November 19, 1985 is on Wednesday, November 27, 1985 at 12:42 UTC, 8 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, November 12, 1985 at 14:20 UTC, 7 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Tuesday, November 12, 198514:20
First Quarter (this day)Tuesday, November 19, 198509:04
Full Moon (after)Wednesday, November 27, 198512:42

The Moon around November 19

More about this date

Tuesday, November 19, 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.