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The Moon on Sunday, February 20, 1983: First Quarter, 48% lit

Waxing · 47.6% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 28°

First Quarter at

17:32UTC

Moon phase on February 20, 1983First Quarter

Sunday 20 February 1983377,790 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, February 20, 1983, the Moon was a First Quarter: 47.6% of its visible face lit, 7.5 days after the new moon and growing each night. The exact First Quarter happened at .

47.6%Illumination at noon UTC
7.5 dMoon age
377,790 km234,748 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (28°)
31.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to February 20, 1983 is on Sunday, February 27, 1983 at 08:58 UTC, 7 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, February 13, 1983 at 00:32 UTC, 7 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Sunday, February 13, 198300:32
First Quarter (this day)Sunday, February 20, 198317:32
Full Moon (after)Sunday, February 27, 198308:58

The Moon around February 20

More about this date

Sunday, February 20, 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.