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The Moon on Thursday, August 18, 1983: Waxing Gibbous, 78% lit

Waxing · 78.1% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 29°

Moon age

9.7days

Moon phase on August 18, 1983Waxing Gibbous

Thursday 18 August 1983400,269 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, August 18, 1983, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 78.1% of its visible face lit, 9.7 days after the new moon and growing each night.

78.1%Illumination at noon UTC
9.7 dMoon age
400,269 km248,715 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (29°)
29.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 18, 1983 is on Tuesday, August 23, 1983 at 14:59 UTC, 5 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, August 8, 1983 at 19:18 UTC, 10 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Monday, August 15, 198312:47
Full Moon (after)Tuesday, August 23, 198314:59

The Moon around August 18

More about this date

Thursday, August 18, 1983 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of August 8, 1983 to the new moon of September 7, 1983, a cycle of 29.30 days.