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The Moon on Saturday, September 17, 1983: Waxing Gibbous, 81% lit

Waxing · 80.5% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 01°

Moon age

10.4days

Moon phase on September 17, 1983Waxing Gibbous

Saturday 17 September 1983404,961 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, September 17, 1983, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 80.5% of its visible face lit, 10.4 days after the new moon and growing each night.

80.5%Illumination at noon UTC
10.4 dMoon age
404,961 km251,631 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (2°)
29.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to September 17, 1983 is on Thursday, September 22, 1983 at 06:36 UTC, 5 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, September 7, 1983 at 02:35 UTC, 10 days earlier.

The Moon around September 17

More about this date

Saturday, September 17, 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.