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The Moon on Sunday, October 21, 1984: Waning Crescent, 13% lit

Waning · 13.2% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 15°

Moon age

26.4days

Moon phase on October 21, 1984Waning Crescent

Sunday 21 October 1984362,250 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, October 21, 1984, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 13.2% of its visible face lit, 26.4 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

13.2%Illumination at noon UTC
26.4 dMoon age
362,250 km225,092 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (16°)
33.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 21, 1984 is on Tuesday, October 9, 1984 at 23:58 UTC, 12 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, October 24, 1984 at 12:08 UTC, 3 days later.

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

The Moon around October 21

More about this date

Sunday, October 21, 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.