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The Moon on Saturday, October 15, 1983: Waxing Gibbous, 66% lit

Waxing · 65.8% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 09°

Moon age

9.0days

Moon phase on October 15, 1983Waxing Gibbous

Saturday 15 October 1983404,391 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, October 15, 1983, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 65.8% of its visible face lit, 9.0 days after the new moon and growing each night.

65.8%Illumination at noon UTC
9.0 dMoon age
404,391 km251,277 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (10°)
29.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 15, 1983 is on Friday, October 21, 1983 at 21:53 UTC, 6 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, October 6, 1983 at 11:16 UTC, 9 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Thursday, October 13, 198319:42
Full Moon (after)Friday, October 21, 198321:53

The Moon around October 15

More about this date

Saturday, October 15, 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.