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The Moon on Monday, October 8, 1984: Waxing Gibbous, 98% lit

Waxing · 97.9% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 29°

Moon age

13.4days

Moon phase on October 8, 1984Waxing Gibbous

Monday 8 October 1984406,298 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, October 8, 1984, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 97.9% of its visible face lit, 13.4 days after the new moon and growing each night.

97.9%Illumination at noon UTC
13.4 dMoon age
406,298 km252,461 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (29°)
29.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 8, 1984 is on Tuesday, October 9, 1984 at 23:58 UTC, 1 day later, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, September 25, 1984 at 03:11 UTC, 13 days earlier.

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

The Moon around October 8

More about this date

Monday, October 8, 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.