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The Moon on Thursday, October 18, 1984: Waning Crescent, 43% lit

Waning · 43.4% lit · ♌︎ Leo 03°

Moon age

23.4days

Moon phase on October 18, 1984Waning Crescent

Thursday 18 October 1984376,410 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, October 18, 1984, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 43.4% of its visible face lit, 23.4 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

43.4%Illumination at noon UTC
23.4 dMoon age
376,410 km233,890 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (3°)
31.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 18, 1984 is on Tuesday, October 9, 1984 at 23:58 UTC, 9 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, October 24, 1984 at 12:08 UTC, 6 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Wednesday, October 17, 198421:14
New Moon (after)Wednesday, October 24, 198412:08

The Moon around October 18

More about this date

Thursday, October 18, 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.