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The Moon on Wednesday, March 23, 1983: Waxing Gibbous, 66% lit

Waxing · 65.8% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 20°

Moon age

8.8days

Moon phase on March 23, 1983Waxing Gibbous

Wednesday 23 March 1983368,352 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, March 23, 1983, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 65.8% of its visible face lit, 8.8 days after the new moon and growing each night.

65.8%Illumination at noon UTC
8.8 dMoon age
368,352 km228,883 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (21°)
32.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 23, 1983 is on Monday, March 28, 1983 at 19:27 UTC, 5 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, March 14, 1983 at 17:44 UTC, 9 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Tuesday, March 22, 198302:26
Full Moon (after)Monday, March 28, 198319:27

The Moon around March 23

More about this date

Wednesday, March 23, 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.