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The Moon on Saturday, August 20, 1983: Waxing Gibbous, 91% lit

Waxing · 91.4% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 22°

Moon age

11.7days

Moon phase on August 20, 1983Waxing Gibbous

Saturday 20 August 1983404,930 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, August 20, 1983, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 91.4% of its visible face lit, 11.7 days after the new moon and growing each night.

91.4%Illumination at noon UTC
11.7 dMoon age
404,930 km251,612 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (23°)
29.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 20, 1983 is on Tuesday, August 23, 1983 at 14:59 UTC, 3 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, August 8, 1983 at 19:18 UTC, 12 days earlier.

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

The Moon around August 20

More about this date

Saturday, August 20, 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.