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The Moon on Saturday, December 17, 1983: Waxing Gibbous, 92% lit

Waxing · 91.9% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 21°

Moon age

13.0days

Moon phase on December 17, 1983Waxing Gibbous

Saturday 17 December 1983381,630 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, December 17, 1983, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 91.9% of its visible face lit, 13.0 days after the new moon and growing each night.

91.9%Illumination at noon UTC
13.0 dMoon age
381,630 km237,134 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (22°)
31.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 17, 1983 is on Tuesday, December 20, 1983 at 02:00 UTC, 3 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, December 4, 1983 at 12:26 UTC, 13 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Monday, December 12, 198313:09
Full Moon (after)Tuesday, December 20, 198302:00

The Moon around December 17

More about this date

Saturday, December 17, 1983 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of December 4, 1983 to the new moon of January 3, 1984, a cycle of 29.70 days.