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The Moon on Tuesday, January 18, 1983: Waxing Crescent, 16% lit

Waxing · 15.9% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 14°

Moon age

4.3days

Moon phase on January 18, 1983Waxing Crescent

Tuesday 18 January 1983400,300 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, January 18, 1983, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 15.9% of its visible face lit, 4.3 days after the new moon and growing each night.

15.9%Illumination at noon UTC
4.3 dMoon age
400,300 km248,735 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (15°)
29.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 18, 1983 is on Friday, January 28, 1983 at 22:26 UTC, 10 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, January 14, 1983 at 05:08 UTC, 4 days earlier.

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

The Moon around January 18

More about this date

Tuesday, January 18, 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.