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The Moon on Thursday, April 7, 1983: Waning Crescent, 30% lit

Waning · 30.5% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 10°

Moon age

23.8days

Moon phase on April 7, 1983Waning Crescent

Thursday 7 April 1983404,071 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, April 7, 1983, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 30.5% of its visible face lit, 23.8 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

30.5%Illumination at noon UTC
23.8 dMoon age
404,071 km251,078 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (10°)
29.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 7, 1983 is on Monday, March 28, 1983 at 19:27 UTC, 10 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, April 13, 1983 at 07:58 UTC, 6 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Tuesday, April 5, 198308:39
New Moon (after)Wednesday, April 13, 198307:58

The Moon around April 7

More about this date

Thursday, April 7, 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.