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The Moon on Tuesday, April 5, 1983: Last Quarter, 49% lit

Waning · 48.8% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 16°

Last Quarter at

08:39UTC

Moon phase on April 5, 1983Last Quarter

Tuesday 5 April 1983403,434 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, April 5, 1983, the Moon was a Last Quarter: 48.8% of its visible face lit, 21.8 days after the new moon and shrinking each night. The exact Last Quarter happened at .

48.8%Illumination at noon UTC
21.8 dMoon age
403,434 km250,682 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (17°)
29.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 5, 1983 is on Monday, March 28, 1983 at 19:27 UTC, 8 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, April 13, 1983 at 07:58 UTC, 8 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Monday, March 28, 198319:27
Last Quarter (this day)Tuesday, April 5, 198308:39
New Moon (after)Wednesday, April 13, 198307:58

The Moon around April 5

More about this date

Tuesday, April 5, 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.