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The Moon on Tuesday, October 11, 1983: Waxing Crescent, 28% lit

Waxing · 28.0% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 21°

Moon age

5.0days

Moon phase on October 11, 1983Waxing Crescent

Tuesday 11 October 1983390,947 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, October 11, 1983, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 28.0% of its visible face lit, 5.0 days after the new moon and growing each night.

28.0%Illumination at noon UTC
5.0 dMoon age
390,947 km242,923 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (21°)
30.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 11, 1983 is on Friday, October 21, 1983 at 21:53 UTC, 10 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, October 6, 1983 at 11:16 UTC, 5 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Thursday, October 6, 198311:16
First Quarter (after)Thursday, October 13, 198319:42

The Moon around October 11

More about this date

Tuesday, October 11, 1983 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of October 6, 1983 to the new moon of November 4, 1983, a cycle of 29.46 days.