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The Moon on Tuesday, February 15, 1983: Waxing Crescent, 6% lit

Waxing · 5.9% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 23°

Moon age

2.5days

Moon phase on February 15, 1983Waxing Crescent

Tuesday 15 February 1983397,820 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, February 15, 1983, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 5.9% of its visible face lit, 2.5 days after the new moon and growing each night.

5.9%Illumination at noon UTC
2.5 dMoon age
397,820 km247,194 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (24°)
30.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to February 15, 1983 is on Sunday, February 27, 1983 at 08:58 UTC, 12 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, February 13, 1983 at 00:32 UTC, 2 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Sunday, February 13, 198300:32
First Quarter (after)Sunday, February 20, 198317:32

The Moon around February 15

More about this date

Tuesday, February 15, 1983 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of February 13, 1983 to the new moon of March 14, 1983, a cycle of 29.72 days.