New moon dates 1985
- 1985: 12 × new moon — 21 January 1985, 19 February 1985, 21 March 1985, 20 April 1985, 20 May 1985, 18 June 1985, 18 July 1985, 16 August 1985, 14 September 1985, 14 October 1985, 12 November 1985, 12 December 1985.
New moon dates 1985
| Date | Time (UTC) | |
|---|---|---|
| Mon 21 Jan | 02:28 | passed |
| Tue 19 Feb | 18:42 | passed |
| Thu 21 Mar | 11:58 | passed |
| Sat 20 Apr | 05:21 | passed |
| Mon 20 May | 21:40 | passed |
| Tue 18 Jun | 11:57 | passed |
| Thu 18 Jul | 23:56 | passed |
| Fri 16 Aug | 10:05 | passed |
| Sat 14 Sep | 19:19 | passed |
| Mon 14 Oct | 04:32 | passed |
| Tue 12 Nov | 14:20 | passed |
| Thu 12 Dec | 00:54 | passed |
Questions people ask
What is a moon day?
A moon day counts the days since the last new moon: the first moon day starts at the new moon, the fifteenth around the full moon. The count on this page is the whole number of days since the last new moon plus one.
Is the moon waxing or waning?
Waxing means the lit part is growing (from new moon to full moon); waning means it is shrinking (from full moon to new moon). In the northern hemisphere a waxing moon is lit on the right.
How are the phase times calculated?
With the algorithms published by Jean Meeus in Astronomical Algorithms (1998), including the periodic terms, which give the phase instants to about one minute.