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The Moon on Saturday, March 26, 1983: Waxing Gibbous, 93% lit

Waxing · 92.7% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 04°

Moon age

11.8days

Moon phase on March 26, 1983Waxing Gibbous

Saturday 26 March 1983365,618 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, March 26, 1983, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 92.7% of its visible face lit, 11.8 days after the new moon and growing each night.

92.7%Illumination at noon UTC
11.8 dMoon age
365,618 km227,185 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (4°)
32.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 26, 1983 is on Monday, March 28, 1983 at 19:27 UTC, 2 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, March 14, 1983 at 17:44 UTC, 12 days earlier.

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

The Moon around March 26

More about this date

Saturday, March 26, 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.