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The Moon on Thursday, March 24, 1983: Waxing Gibbous, 76% lit

Waxing · 76.3% lit · ♌︎ Leo 04°

Moon age

9.8days

Moon phase on March 24, 1983Waxing Gibbous

Thursday 24 March 1983366,487 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, March 24, 1983, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 76.3% of its visible face lit, 9.8 days after the new moon and growing each night.

76.3%Illumination at noon UTC
9.8 dMoon age
366,487 km227,725 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (5°)
32.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 24, 1983 is on Monday, March 28, 1983 at 19:27 UTC, 4 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, March 14, 1983 at 17:44 UTC, 10 days earlier.

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

The Moon around March 24

More about this date

Thursday, March 24, 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.