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The Moon on Sunday, October 28, 1984: Waxing Crescent, 20% lit

Waxing · 20.4% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 28°

Moon age

4.0days

Moon phase on October 28, 1984Waxing Crescent

Sunday 28 October 1984377,578 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, October 28, 1984, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 20.4% of its visible face lit, 4.0 days after the new moon and growing each night.

20.4%Illumination at noon UTC
4.0 dMoon age
377,578 km234,616 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (29°)
31.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 28, 1984 is on Thursday, November 8, 1984 at 17:43 UTC, 11 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, October 24, 1984 at 12:08 UTC, 4 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Wednesday, October 24, 198412:08
First Quarter (after)Wednesday, October 31, 198413:08

The Moon around October 28

More about this date

Sunday, October 28, 1984 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of October 24, 1984 to the new moon of November 22, 1984, a cycle of 29.45 days.