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The Moon on Wednesday, October 17, 1984: Last Quarter, 54% lit

Waning · 54.3% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 19°

Last Quarter at

21:14UTC

Moon phase on October 17, 1984Last Quarter

Wednesday 17 October 1984381,735 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, October 17, 1984, the Moon was a Last Quarter: 54.3% of its visible face lit, 22.4 days after the new moon and shrinking each night. The exact Last Quarter happened at .

54.3%Illumination at noon UTC
22.4 dMoon age
381,735 km237,199 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (20°)
31.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 17, 1984 is on Tuesday, October 9, 1984 at 23:58 UTC, 8 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, October 24, 1984 at 12:08 UTC, 7 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Tuesday, October 9, 198423:58
Last Quarter (this day)Wednesday, October 17, 198421:14
New Moon (after)Wednesday, October 24, 198412:08

The Moon around October 17

More about this date

Wednesday, October 17, 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.