Waxing · 53.0% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 05°
First Quarter at
05:34UTC
Moon phase on January 22, 1983First Quarter
On Saturday, January 22, 1983, the Moon was a First Quarter: 53.0% of its visible face lit, 8.3 days after the new moon and growing each night. The exact First Quarter happened at .
53.0%Illumination at noon UTC
8.3 dMoon age
382,006 km237,368 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (5°)
31.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)
Nearest moon phases
The nearest full moon to January 22, 1983 is on Friday, January 28, 1983 at 22:26 UTC, 6 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, January 14, 1983 at 05:08 UTC, 8 days earlier.
| Phase | Date | Time (UTC) |
|---|---|---|
| New Moon (before) | Friday, January 14, 1983 | 05:08 |
| First Quarter (this day) | Saturday, January 22, 1983 | 05:34 |
| Full Moon (after) | Friday, January 28, 1983 | 22:26 |
The Moon around January 22
More about this date
Saturday, January 22, 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.
- See every phase of the month in the moon phases in January 1983, or the whole moon calendar 1983.
- The same date one year apart: 1982 · 1984.
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- Phases change by time zone: this page uses Coordinated Universal Time (UTC). Learn how to read the phases of the moon.