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The Moon on Friday, April 1, 1983: Waning Gibbous, 84% lit

Waning · 84.5% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 27°

Moon age

17.8days

Moon phase on April 1, 1983Waning Gibbous

Friday 1 April 1983388,461 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, April 1, 1983, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 84.5% of its visible face lit, 17.8 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

84.5%Illumination at noon UTC
17.8 dMoon age
388,461 km241,378 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (28°)
30.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 1, 1983 is on Monday, March 28, 1983 at 19:27 UTC, 4 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, April 13, 1983 at 07:58 UTC, 12 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Monday, March 28, 198319:27
Last Quarter (after)Tuesday, April 5, 198308:39

The Moon around April 1

More about this date

Friday, April 1, 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.