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The Moon on Wednesday, October 19, 1983: Waxing Gibbous, 94% lit

Waxing · 94.1% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 27°

Moon age

13.0days

Moon phase on October 19, 1983Waxing Gibbous

Wednesday 19 October 1983399,759 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, October 19, 1983, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 94.1% of its visible face lit, 13.0 days after the new moon and growing each night.

94.1%Illumination at noon UTC
13.0 dMoon age
399,759 km248,399 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (28°)
29.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 19, 1983 is on Friday, October 21, 1983 at 21:53 UTC, 2 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, October 6, 1983 at 11:16 UTC, 13 days earlier.

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

The Moon around October 19

More about this date

Wednesday, October 19, 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.