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The Moon on Saturday, March 5, 1983: Waning Gibbous, 60% lit

Waning · 60.4% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 02°

Moon age

20.5days

Moon phase on March 5, 1983Waning Gibbous

Saturday 5 March 1983393,795 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, March 5, 1983, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 60.4% of its visible face lit, 20.5 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

60.4%Illumination at noon UTC
20.5 dMoon age
393,795 km244,693 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (2°)
30.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 5, 1983 is on Sunday, February 27, 1983 at 08:58 UTC, 6 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, March 14, 1983 at 17:44 UTC, 9 days later.

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

The Moon around March 5

More about this date

Saturday, March 5, 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.