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The Moon on Saturday, October 29, 1983: Last Quarter, 46% lit

Waning · 46.1% lit · ♌︎ Leo 10°

Last Quarter at

03:37UTC

Moon phase on October 29, 1983Last Quarter

Saturday 29 October 1983370,285 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, October 29, 1983, the Moon was a Last Quarter: 46.1% of its visible face lit, 23.0 days after the new moon and shrinking each night. The exact Last Quarter happened at .

46.1%Illumination at noon UTC
23.0 dMoon age
370,285 km230,085 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (10°)
32.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 29, 1983 is on Friday, October 21, 1983 at 21:53 UTC, 8 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, November 4, 1983 at 22:21 UTC, 6 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Friday, October 21, 198321:53
Last Quarter (this day)Saturday, October 29, 198303:37
New Moon (after)Friday, November 4, 198322:21

The Moon around October 29

More about this date

Saturday, October 29, 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.