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The Moon on Sunday, March 20, 1983: Waxing Crescent, 33% lit

Waxing · 32.6% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 08°

Moon age

5.8days

Moon phase on March 20, 1983Waxing Crescent

Sunday 20 March 1983376,938 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, March 20, 1983, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 32.6% of its visible face lit, 5.8 days after the new moon and growing each night.

32.6%Illumination at noon UTC
5.8 dMoon age
376,938 km234,218 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (9°)
31.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 20, 1983 is on Monday, March 28, 1983 at 19:27 UTC, 8 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, March 14, 1983 at 17:44 UTC, 6 days earlier.

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

The Moon around March 20

More about this date

Sunday, March 20, 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.