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The Moon on Saturday, January 21, 1984: Waning Gibbous, 88% lit

Waning · 87.7% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 11°

Moon age

18.3days

Moon phase on January 21, 1984Waning Gibbous

Saturday 21 January 1984361,692 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, January 21, 1984, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 87.7% of its visible face lit, 18.3 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

87.7%Illumination at noon UTC
18.3 dMoon age
361,692 km224,745 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (12°)
33.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 21, 1984 is on Wednesday, January 18, 1984 at 14:05 UTC, 3 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, February 1, 1984 at 23:47 UTC, 11 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Wednesday, January 18, 198414:05
Last Quarter (after)Wednesday, January 25, 198404:48

The Moon around January 21

More about this date

Saturday, January 21, 1984 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of January 3, 1984 to the new moon of February 1, 1984, a cycle of 29.77 days.