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The Moon on Monday, December 19, 1983: Waxing Gibbous, 100% lit

Waxing · 99.6% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 19°

Moon age

15.0days

Moon phase on December 19, 1983Waxing Gibbous

Monday 19 December 1983371,811 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, December 19, 1983, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 99.6% of its visible face lit, 15.0 days after the new moon and growing each night.

99.6%Illumination at noon UTC
15.0 dMoon age
371,811 km231,033 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (19°)
32.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 19, 1983 is on Tuesday, December 20, 1983 at 02:00 UTC, 1 day later, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, January 3, 1984 at 05:16 UTC, 15 days later.

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

The Moon around December 19

More about this date

Monday, December 19, 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.