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The Moon on Sunday, March 6, 1983: Last Quarter, 51% lit

Waning · 50.6% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 14°

Last Quarter at

13:16UTC

Moon phase on March 6, 1983Last Quarter

Sunday 6 March 1983398,376 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, March 6, 1983, the Moon was a Last Quarter: 50.6% of its visible face lit, 21.5 days after the new moon and shrinking each night. The exact Last Quarter happened at .

50.6%Illumination at noon UTC
21.5 dMoon age
398,376 km247,540 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (15°)
30.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 6, 1983 is on Sunday, February 27, 1983 at 08:58 UTC, 7 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, March 14, 1983 at 17:44 UTC, 8 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Sunday, February 27, 198308:58
Last Quarter (this day)Sunday, March 6, 198313:16
New Moon (after)Monday, March 14, 198317:44

The Moon around March 6

More about this date

Sunday, March 6, 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.