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The Moon on Wednesday, February 9, 1983: Waning Crescent, 11% lit

Waning · 10.7% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 11°

Moon age

26.3days

Moon phase on February 9, 1983Waning Crescent

Wednesday 9 February 1983405,958 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, February 9, 1983, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 10.7% of its visible face lit, 26.3 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

10.7%Illumination at noon UTC
26.3 dMoon age
405,958 km252,250 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (12°)
29.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to February 9, 1983 is on Friday, January 28, 1983 at 22:26 UTC, 12 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, February 13, 1983 at 00:32 UTC, 4 days later.

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

The Moon around February 9

More about this date

Wednesday, February 9, 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.