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The Moon on Sunday, March 27, 1983: Waxing Gibbous, 97% lit

Waxing · 97.5% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 18°

Moon age

12.8days

Moon phase on March 27, 1983Waxing Gibbous

Sunday 27 March 1983366,973 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, March 27, 1983, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 97.5% of its visible face lit, 12.8 days after the new moon and growing each night.

97.5%Illumination at noon UTC
12.8 dMoon age
366,973 km228,026 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (19°)
32.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 27, 1983 is on Monday, March 28, 1983 at 19:27 UTC, 1 day later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, March 14, 1983 at 17:44 UTC, 13 days earlier.

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

The Moon around March 27

More about this date

Sunday, March 27, 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.