Waning · 97.3% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 18°
Moon age
17.0days
Moon phase on October 23, 1983Waning Gibbous
On Sunday, October 23, 1983, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 97.3% of its visible face lit, 17.0 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.
97.3%Illumination at noon UTC
17.0 dMoon age
386,320 km240,048 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (18°)
30.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)
Nearest moon phases
The nearest full moon to October 23, 1983 is on Friday, October 21, 1983 at 21:53 UTC, 2 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, November 4, 1983 at 22:21 UTC, 12 days later.
| Phase | Date | Time (UTC) |
|---|---|---|
| Full Moon (before) | Friday, October 21, 1983 | 21:53 |
| Last Quarter (after) | Saturday, October 29, 1983 | 03:37 |
The Moon around October 23
More about this date
Sunday, October 23, 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.
- See every phase of the month in the moon phases in October 1983, or the whole moon calendar 1983.
- The same date one year apart: 1982 · 1984.
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- Phases change by time zone: this page uses Coordinated Universal Time (UTC). Learn how to read the phases of the moon.