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The Moon on Tuesday, April 12, 1983: Waning Crescent, 1% lit

Waning · 1.0% lit · ♈︎ Aries 11°

Moon age

28.8days

Moon phase on April 12, 1983Waning Crescent

Tuesday 12 April 1983389,029 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, April 12, 1983, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 1.0% of its visible face lit, 28.8 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

1.0%Illumination at noon UTC
28.8 dMoon age
389,029 km241,731 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (12°)
30.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 12, 1983 is on Monday, March 28, 1983 at 19:27 UTC, 15 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, April 13, 1983 at 07:58 UTC, 1 day later.

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

The Moon around April 12

More about this date

Tuesday, April 12, 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.