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The Moon on Wednesday, March 9, 1983: Waning Crescent, 24% lit

Waning · 23.6% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 20°

Moon age

24.5days

Moon phase on March 9, 1983Waning Crescent

Wednesday 9 March 1983405,250 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, March 9, 1983, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 23.6% of its visible face lit, 24.5 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

23.6%Illumination at noon UTC
24.5 dMoon age
405,250 km251,810 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (20°)
29.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 9, 1983 is on Sunday, February 27, 1983 at 08:58 UTC, 10 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, March 14, 1983 at 17:44 UTC, 5 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Sunday, March 6, 198313:16
New Moon (after)Monday, March 14, 198317:44

The Moon around March 9

More about this date

Wednesday, March 9, 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.