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The Moon on Tuesday, January 4, 1983: Waning Gibbous, 68% lit

Waning · 67.9% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 22°

Moon age

20.1days

Moon phase on January 4, 1983Waning Gibbous

Tuesday 4 January 1983373,785 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, January 4, 1983, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 67.9% of its visible face lit, 20.1 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

67.9%Illumination at noon UTC
20.1 dMoon age
373,785 km232,259 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (23°)
32.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 4, 1983 is on Thursday, December 30, 1982 at 11:33 UTC, 5 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, January 14, 1983 at 05:08 UTC, 10 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Thursday, December 30, 198211:33
Last Quarter (after)Thursday, January 6, 198304:00

The Moon around January 4

More about this date

Tuesday, January 4, 1983 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of December 15, 1982 to the new moon of January 14, 1983, a cycle of 29.83 days.