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The Moon on Thursday, July 21, 1983: Waxing Gibbous, 89% lit

Waxing · 89.2% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 19°

Moon age

11.0days

Moon phase on July 21, 1983Waxing Gibbous

Thursday 21 July 1983398,756 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, July 21, 1983, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 89.2% of its visible face lit, 11.0 days after the new moon and growing each night.

89.2%Illumination at noon UTC
11.0 dMoon age
398,756 km247,776 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (20°)
30.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 21, 1983 is on Sunday, July 24, 1983 at 23:27 UTC, 3 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, July 10, 1983 at 12:19 UTC, 11 days earlier.

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

The Moon around July 21

More about this date

Thursday, July 21, 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.