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The Moon on Wednesday, July 20, 1983: Waxing Gibbous, 82% lit

Waxing · 82.4% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 07°

Moon age

10.0days

Moon phase on July 20, 1983Waxing Gibbous

Wednesday 20 July 1983395,352 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, July 20, 1983, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 82.4% of its visible face lit, 10.0 days after the new moon and growing each night.

82.4%Illumination at noon UTC
10.0 dMoon age
395,352 km245,660 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (8°)
30.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 20, 1983 is on Sunday, July 24, 1983 at 23:27 UTC, 4 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, July 10, 1983 at 12:19 UTC, 10 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Sunday, July 17, 198302:51
Full Moon (after)Sunday, July 24, 198323:27

The Moon around July 20

More about this date

Wednesday, July 20, 1983 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of July 10, 1983 to the new moon of August 8, 1983, a cycle of 29.29 days.