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The Moon on Sunday, December 18, 1983: Waxing Gibbous, 97% lit

Waxing · 96.8% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 05°

Moon age

14.0days

Moon phase on December 18, 1983Waxing Gibbous

Sunday 18 December 1983376,397 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, December 18, 1983, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 96.8% of its visible face lit, 14.0 days after the new moon and growing each night.

96.8%Illumination at noon UTC
14.0 dMoon age
376,397 km233,882 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (5°)
31.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 18, 1983 is on Tuesday, December 20, 1983 at 02:00 UTC, 2 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, December 4, 1983 at 12:26 UTC, 14 days earlier.

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

The Moon around December 18

More about this date

Sunday, December 18, 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.