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The Moon on Thursday, September 15, 1983: Waxing Gibbous, 64% lit

Waxing · 63.6% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 07°

Moon age

8.4days

Moon phase on September 15, 1983Waxing Gibbous

Thursday 15 September 1983400,362 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, September 15, 1983, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 63.6% of its visible face lit, 8.4 days after the new moon and growing each night.

63.6%Illumination at noon UTC
8.4 dMoon age
400,362 km248,773 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (8°)
29.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to September 15, 1983 is on Thursday, September 22, 1983 at 06:36 UTC, 7 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, September 7, 1983 at 02:35 UTC, 8 days earlier.

The Moon around September 15

More about this date

Thursday, September 15, 1983 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of September 7, 1983 to the new moon of October 6, 1983, a cycle of 29.36 days.