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The Moon on Thursday, August 16, 1984: Waning Gibbous, 80% lit

Waning · 79.9% lit · ♈︎ Aries 17°

Moon age

19.0days

Moon phase on August 16, 1984Waning Gibbous

Thursday 16 August 1984404,940 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, August 16, 1984, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 79.9% of its visible face lit, 19.0 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

79.9%Illumination at noon UTC
19.0 dMoon age
404,940 km251,618 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (17°)
29.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 16, 1984 is on Saturday, August 11, 1984 at 15:43 UTC, 5 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, August 26, 1984 at 19:26 UTC, 10 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Saturday, August 11, 198415:43
Last Quarter (after)Sunday, August 19, 198419:41

The Moon around August 16

More about this date

Thursday, August 16, 1984 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of July 28, 1984 to the new moon of August 26, 1984, a cycle of 29.32 days.