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The Moon on Friday, October 28, 1983: Waning Gibbous, 57% lit

Waning · 57.5% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 26°

Moon age

22.0days

Moon phase on October 28, 1983Waning Gibbous

Friday 28 October 1983372,232 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, October 28, 1983, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 57.5% of its visible face lit, 22.0 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

57.5%Illumination at noon UTC
22.0 dMoon age
372,232 km231,294 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (26°)
32.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 28, 1983 is on Friday, October 21, 1983 at 21:53 UTC, 7 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, November 4, 1983 at 22:21 UTC, 7 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Friday, October 21, 198321:53
Last Quarter (after)Saturday, October 29, 198303:37

The Moon around October 28

More about this date

Friday, October 28, 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.