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The Moon on Thursday, November 17, 1983: Waxing Gibbous, 90% lit

Waxing · 90.2% lit · ♈︎ Aries 18°

Moon age

12.6days

Moon phase on November 17, 1983Waxing Gibbous

Thursday 17 November 1983393,625 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, November 17, 1983, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 90.2% of its visible face lit, 12.6 days after the new moon and growing each night.

90.2%Illumination at noon UTC
12.6 dMoon age
393,625 km244,587 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (18°)
30.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to November 17, 1983 is on Sunday, November 20, 1983 at 12:29 UTC, 3 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, November 4, 1983 at 22:21 UTC, 13 days earlier.

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

The Moon around November 17

More about this date

Thursday, November 17, 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.