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The Moon on Friday, January 7, 1983: Waning Crescent, 36% lit

Waning · 36.5% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 02°

Moon age

23.1days

Moon phase on January 7, 1983Waning Crescent

Friday 7 January 1983390,723 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, January 7, 1983, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 36.5% of its visible face lit, 23.1 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

36.5%Illumination at noon UTC
23.1 dMoon age
390,723 km242,784 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (3°)
30.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

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

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Thursday, January 6, 198304:00
New Moon (after)Friday, January 14, 198305:08

The Moon around January 7

More about this date

Friday, January 7, 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.