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The Moon on Thursday, October 13, 1983: First Quarter, 47% lit

Waxing · 47.0% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 16°

First Quarter at

19:42UTC

Moon phase on October 13, 1983First Quarter

Thursday 13 October 1983399,888 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, October 13, 1983, the Moon was a First Quarter: 47.0% of its visible face lit, 7.0 days after the new moon and growing each night. The exact First Quarter happened at .

47.0%Illumination at noon UTC
7.0 dMoon age
399,888 km248,479 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (16°)
29.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 13, 1983 is on Friday, October 21, 1983 at 21:53 UTC, 8 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, October 6, 1983 at 11:16 UTC, 7 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Thursday, October 6, 198311:16
First Quarter (this day)Thursday, October 13, 198319:42
Full Moon (after)Friday, October 21, 198321:53

The Moon around October 13

More about this date

Thursday, October 13, 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.