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The Moon on Saturday, October 20, 1984: Waning Crescent, 22% lit

Waning · 22.3% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 01°

Moon age

25.4days

Moon phase on October 20, 1984Waning Crescent

Saturday 20 October 1984366,251 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, October 20, 1984, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 22.3% of its visible face lit, 25.4 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

22.3%Illumination at noon UTC
25.4 dMoon age
366,251 km227,578 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (1°)
32.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 20, 1984 is on Tuesday, October 9, 1984 at 23:58 UTC, 11 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, October 24, 1984 at 12:08 UTC, 4 days later.

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

The Moon around October 20

More about this date

Saturday, October 20, 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.