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The Moon on Thursday, November 28, 1985: Waning Gibbous, 99% lit

Waning · 99.1% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 16°

Moon age

15.9days

Moon phase on November 28, 1985Waning Gibbous

Thursday 28 November 1985404,092 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, November 28, 1985, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 99.1% of its visible face lit, 15.9 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

99.1%Illumination at noon UTC
15.9 dMoon age
404,092 km251,091 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (17°)
29.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to November 28, 1985 is on Wednesday, November 27, 1985 at 12:42 UTC, 1 day earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, December 12, 1985 at 00:55 UTC, 14 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Wednesday, November 27, 198512:42
Last Quarter (after)Thursday, December 5, 198509:01

The Moon around November 28

More about this date

Thursday, November 28, 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.