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The Moon on Sunday, September 18, 1983: Waxing Gibbous, 87% lit

Waxing · 87.4% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 13°

Moon age

11.4days

Moon phase on September 18, 1983Waxing Gibbous

Sunday 18 September 1983405,641 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, September 18, 1983, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 87.4% of its visible face lit, 11.4 days after the new moon and growing each night.

87.4%Illumination at noon UTC
11.4 dMoon age
405,641 km252,054 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (13°)
29.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to September 18, 1983 is on Thursday, September 22, 1983 at 06:36 UTC, 4 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, September 7, 1983 at 02:35 UTC, 11 days earlier.

The Moon around September 18

More about this date

Sunday, September 18, 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.