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The Moon on Thursday, November 21, 1985: Waxing Gibbous, 71% lit

Waxing · 70.8% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 23°

Moon age

8.9days

Moon phase on November 21, 1985Waxing Gibbous

Thursday 21 November 1985398,191 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, November 21, 1985, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 70.8% of its visible face lit, 8.9 days after the new moon and growing each night.

70.8%Illumination at noon UTC
8.9 dMoon age
398,191 km247,424 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (24°)
30.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to November 21, 1985 is on Wednesday, November 27, 1985 at 12:42 UTC, 6 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, November 12, 1985 at 14:20 UTC, 9 days earlier.

The Moon around November 21

More about this date

Thursday, November 21, 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.