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The Moon on Sunday, February 6, 1983: Waning Crescent, 34% lit

Waning · 33.7% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 06°

Moon age

23.3days

Moon phase on February 6, 1983Waning Crescent

Sunday 6 February 1983399,292 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, February 6, 1983, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 33.7% of its visible face lit, 23.3 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

33.7%Illumination at noon UTC
23.3 dMoon age
399,292 km248,108 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (6°)
29.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to February 6, 1983 is on Friday, January 28, 1983 at 22:26 UTC, 9 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, February 13, 1983 at 00:32 UTC, 7 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Friday, February 4, 198319:17
New Moon (after)Sunday, February 13, 198300:32

The Moon around February 6

More about this date

Sunday, February 6, 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.