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The Moon on Tuesday, October 18, 1983: Waxing Gibbous, 89% lit

Waxing · 88.8% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 15°

Moon age

12.0days

Moon phase on October 18, 1983Waxing Gibbous

Tuesday 18 October 1983402,286 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, October 18, 1983, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 88.8% of its visible face lit, 12.0 days after the new moon and growing each night.

88.8%Illumination at noon UTC
12.0 dMoon age
402,286 km249,969 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (16°)
29.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 18, 1983 is on Friday, October 21, 1983 at 21:53 UTC, 3 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, October 6, 1983 at 11:16 UTC, 12 days earlier.

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

The Moon around October 18

More about this date

Tuesday, October 18, 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.