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The Moon on Sunday, January 16, 1983: Waxing Crescent, 5% lit

Waxing · 4.7% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 20°

Moon age

2.3days

Moon phase on January 16, 1983Waxing Crescent

Sunday 16 January 1983404,830 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, January 16, 1983, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 4.7% of its visible face lit, 2.3 days after the new moon and growing each night.

4.7%Illumination at noon UTC
2.3 dMoon age
404,830 km251,550 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (21°)
29.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 16, 1983 is on Friday, January 28, 1983 at 22:26 UTC, 12 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, January 14, 1983 at 05:08 UTC, 2 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Friday, January 14, 198305:08
First Quarter (after)Saturday, January 22, 198305:34

The Moon around January 16

More about this date

Sunday, January 16, 1983 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of January 14, 1983 to the new moon of February 13, 1983, a cycle of 29.81 days.