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The Moon on Friday, March 4, 1983: Waning Gibbous, 70% lit

Waning · 70.0% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 19°

Moon age

19.5days

Moon phase on March 4, 1983Waning Gibbous

Friday 4 March 1983388,353 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, March 4, 1983, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 70.0% of its visible face lit, 19.5 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

70.0%Illumination at noon UTC
19.5 dMoon age
388,353 km241,311 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (20°)
30.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 4, 1983 is on Sunday, February 27, 1983 at 08:58 UTC, 5 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, March 14, 1983 at 17:44 UTC, 10 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Sunday, February 27, 198308:58
Last Quarter (after)Sunday, March 6, 198313:16

The Moon around March 4

More about this date

Friday, March 4, 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.