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The Moon on Friday, August 19, 1983: Waxing Gibbous, 85% lit

Waxing · 85.4% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 10°

Moon age

10.7days

Moon phase on August 19, 1983Waxing Gibbous

Friday 19 August 1983403,047 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, August 19, 1983, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 85.4% of its visible face lit, 10.7 days after the new moon and growing each night.

85.4%Illumination at noon UTC
10.7 dMoon age
403,047 km250,442 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (11°)
29.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 19, 1983 is on Tuesday, August 23, 1983 at 14:59 UTC, 4 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, August 8, 1983 at 19:18 UTC, 11 days earlier.

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

The Moon around August 19

More about this date

Friday, August 19, 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.