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The Moon on Saturday, January 29, 1983: Waning Gibbous, 99% lit

Waning · 99.4% lit · ♌︎ Leo 17°

Moon age

15.3days

Moon phase on January 29, 1983Waning Gibbous

Saturday 29 January 1983358,021 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, January 29, 1983, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 99.4% of its visible face lit, 15.3 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

99.4%Illumination at noon UTC
15.3 dMoon age
358,021 km222,464 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (17°)
33.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 29, 1983 is on Friday, January 28, 1983 at 22:26 UTC, 1 day earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, February 13, 1983 at 00:32 UTC, 15 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Friday, January 28, 198322:26
Last Quarter (after)Friday, February 4, 198319:17

The Moon around January 29

More about this date

Saturday, January 29, 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.