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The Moon on Friday, March 18, 1983: Waxing Crescent, 15% lit

Waxing · 14.6% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 12°

Moon age

3.8days

Moon phase on March 18, 1983Waxing Crescent

Friday 18 March 1983383,577 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, March 18, 1983, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 14.6% of its visible face lit, 3.8 days after the new moon and growing each night.

14.6%Illumination at noon UTC
3.8 dMoon age
383,577 km238,344 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (12°)
31.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 18, 1983 is on Monday, March 28, 1983 at 19:27 UTC, 10 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, March 14, 1983 at 17:44 UTC, 4 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Monday, March 14, 198317:44
First Quarter (after)Tuesday, March 22, 198302:26

The Moon around March 18

More about this date

Friday, March 18, 1983 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of March 14, 1983 to the new moon of April 13, 1983, a cycle of 29.59 days.