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The Moon on Friday, November 18, 1983: Waxing Gibbous, 95% lit

Waxing · 95.4% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 01°

Moon age

13.6days

Moon phase on November 18, 1983Waxing Gibbous

Friday 18 November 1983389,265 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, November 18, 1983, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 95.4% of its visible face lit, 13.6 days after the new moon and growing each night.

95.4%Illumination at noon UTC
13.6 dMoon age
389,265 km241,878 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (1°)
30.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to November 18, 1983 is on Sunday, November 20, 1983 at 12:29 UTC, 2 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, November 4, 1983 at 22:21 UTC, 14 days earlier.

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

The Moon around November 18

More about this date

Friday, November 18, 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.