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The Moon on Wednesday, October 3, 1984: Waxing Gibbous, 66% lit

Waxing · 65.9% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 28°

Moon age

8.4days

Moon phase on October 3, 1984Waxing Gibbous

Wednesday 3 October 1984395,505 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, October 3, 1984, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 65.9% of its visible face lit, 8.4 days after the new moon and growing each night.

65.9%Illumination at noon UTC
8.4 dMoon age
395,505 km245,755 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (29°)
30.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 3, 1984 is on Tuesday, October 9, 1984 at 23:58 UTC, 6 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, September 25, 1984 at 03:11 UTC, 8 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Monday, October 1, 198421:53
Full Moon (after)Tuesday, October 9, 198423:58

The Moon around October 3

More about this date

Wednesday, October 3, 1984 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of September 25, 1984 to the new moon of October 24, 1984, a cycle of 29.37 days.