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The Moon on Friday, July 22, 1983: Waxing Gibbous, 94% lit

Waxing · 94.5% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 01°

Moon age

12.0days

Moon phase on July 22, 1983Waxing Gibbous

Friday 22 July 1983401,523 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, July 22, 1983, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 94.5% of its visible face lit, 12.0 days after the new moon and growing each night.

94.5%Illumination at noon UTC
12.0 dMoon age
401,523 km249,495 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (2°)
29.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 22, 1983 is on Sunday, July 24, 1983 at 23:27 UTC, 2 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, July 10, 1983 at 12:19 UTC, 12 days earlier.

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

The Moon around July 22

More about this date

Friday, July 22, 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.