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The Moon on Wednesday, November 16, 1983: Waxing Gibbous, 84% lit

Waxing · 83.6% lit · ♈︎ Aries 05°

Moon age

11.6days

Moon phase on November 16, 1983Waxing Gibbous

Wednesday 16 November 1983397,599 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, November 16, 1983, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 83.6% of its visible face lit, 11.6 days after the new moon and growing each night.

83.6%Illumination at noon UTC
11.6 dMoon age
397,599 km247,056 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (6°)
30.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to November 16, 1983 is on Sunday, November 20, 1983 at 12:29 UTC, 4 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, November 4, 1983 at 22:21 UTC, 12 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Saturday, November 12, 198315:49
Full Moon (after)Sunday, November 20, 198312:29

The Moon around November 16

More about this date

Wednesday, November 16, 1983 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of November 4, 1983 to the new moon of December 4, 1983, a cycle of 29.59 days.