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The Moon on Wednesday, February 2, 1983: Waning Gibbous, 73% lit

Waning · 73.4% lit · ♎︎ Libra 15°

Moon age

19.3days

Moon phase on February 2, 1983Waning Gibbous

Wednesday 2 February 1983377,420 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, February 2, 1983, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 73.4% of its visible face lit, 19.3 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

73.4%Illumination at noon UTC
19.3 dMoon age
377,420 km234,518 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (15°)
31.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to February 2, 1983 is on Friday, January 28, 1983 at 22:26 UTC, 5 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, February 13, 1983 at 00:32 UTC, 11 days later.

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

The Moon around February 2

More about this date

Wednesday, February 2, 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.