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The Moon on Thursday, January 6, 1983: Last Quarter, 47% lit

Waning · 46.6% lit · ♎︎ Libra 19°

Last Quarter at

04:00UTC

Moon phase on January 6, 1983Last Quarter

Thursday 6 January 1983385,465 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, January 6, 1983, the Moon was a Last Quarter: 46.6% of its visible face lit, 22.1 days after the new moon and shrinking each night. The exact Last Quarter happened at .

46.6%Illumination at noon UTC
22.1 dMoon age
385,465 km239,517 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (20°)
31.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 6, 1983 is on Thursday, December 30, 1982 at 11:33 UTC, 7 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, January 14, 1983 at 05:08 UTC, 8 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Thursday, December 30, 198211:33
Last Quarter (this day)Thursday, January 6, 198304:00
New Moon (after)Friday, January 14, 198305:08

The Moon around January 6

More about this date

Thursday, January 6, 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.