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The Moon on Monday, October 17, 1983: Waxing Gibbous, 82% lit

Waxing · 82.2% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 03°

Moon age

11.0days

Moon phase on October 17, 1983Waxing Gibbous

Monday 17 October 1983404,031 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, October 17, 1983, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 82.2% of its visible face lit, 11.0 days after the new moon and growing each night.

82.2%Illumination at noon UTC
11.0 dMoon age
404,031 km251,053 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (4°)
29.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 17, 1983 is on Friday, October 21, 1983 at 21:53 UTC, 4 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, October 6, 1983 at 11:16 UTC, 11 days earlier.

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

The Moon around October 17

More about this date

Monday, October 17, 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.