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The Moon on Saturday, April 2, 1983: Waning Gibbous, 76% lit

Waning · 76.5% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 10°

Moon age

18.8days

Moon phase on April 2, 1983Waning Gibbous

Saturday 2 April 1983393,471 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, April 2, 1983, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 76.5% of its visible face lit, 18.8 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

76.5%Illumination at noon UTC
18.8 dMoon age
393,471 km244,492 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (10°)
30.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 2, 1983 is on Monday, March 28, 1983 at 19:27 UTC, 5 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, April 13, 1983 at 07:58 UTC, 11 days later.

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

The Moon around April 2

More about this date

Saturday, April 2, 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.