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The Moon on Thursday, January 20, 1983: Waxing Crescent, 33% lit

Waxing · 32.6% lit · ♈︎ Aries 09°

Moon age

6.3days

Moon phase on January 20, 1983Waxing Crescent

Thursday 20 January 1983392,587 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, January 20, 1983, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 32.6% of its visible face lit, 6.3 days after the new moon and growing each night.

32.6%Illumination at noon UTC
6.3 dMoon age
392,587 km243,942 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (9°)
30.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 20, 1983 is on Friday, January 28, 1983 at 22:26 UTC, 8 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, January 14, 1983 at 05:08 UTC, 6 days earlier.

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

The Moon around January 20

More about this date

Thursday, January 20, 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.