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The Moon on Tuesday, October 23, 1984: Waning Crescent, 2% lit

Waning · 1.6% lit · ♎︎ Libra 16°

Moon age

28.4days

Moon phase on October 23, 1984Waning Crescent

Tuesday 23 October 1984358,504 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, October 23, 1984, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 1.6% of its visible face lit, 28.4 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

1.6%Illumination at noon UTC
28.4 dMoon age
358,504 km222,764 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (16°)
33.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 23, 1984 is on Tuesday, October 9, 1984 at 23:58 UTC, 14 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, October 24, 1984 at 12:08 UTC, 1 day later.

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

The Moon around October 23

More about this date

Tuesday, October 23, 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.