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The Moon on Thursday, July 28, 1983: Waning Gibbous, 89% lit

Waning · 89.1% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 13°

Moon age

18.0days

Moon phase on July 28, 1983Waning Gibbous

Thursday 28 July 1983404,421 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, July 28, 1983, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 89.1% of its visible face lit, 18.0 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

89.1%Illumination at noon UTC
18.0 dMoon age
404,421 km251,295 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (13°)
29.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 28, 1983 is on Sunday, July 24, 1983 at 23:27 UTC, 4 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, August 8, 1983 at 19:18 UTC, 11 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Sunday, July 24, 198323:27
Last Quarter (after)Tuesday, August 2, 198300:52

The Moon around July 28

More about this date

Thursday, July 28, 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.