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The Moon on Monday, August 29, 1983: Waning Gibbous, 70% lit

Waning · 70.3% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 11°

Moon age

20.7days

Moon phase on August 29, 1983Waning Gibbous

Monday 29 August 1983389,902 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, August 29, 1983, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 70.3% of its visible face lit, 20.7 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

70.3%Illumination at noon UTC
20.7 dMoon age
389,902 km242,274 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (12°)
30.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 29, 1983 is on Tuesday, August 23, 1983 at 14:59 UTC, 6 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, September 7, 1983 at 02:35 UTC, 9 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Tuesday, August 23, 198314:59
Last Quarter (after)Wednesday, August 31, 198311:22

The Moon around August 29

More about this date

Monday, August 29, 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.