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The Moon on Friday, April 15, 1983: Waxing Crescent, 6% lit

Waxing · 5.5% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 21°

Moon age

2.2days

Moon phase on April 15, 1983Waxing Crescent

Friday 15 April 1983378,233 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, April 15, 1983, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 5.5% of its visible face lit, 2.2 days after the new moon and growing each night.

5.5%Illumination at noon UTC
2.2 dMoon age
378,233 km235,023 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (22°)
31.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 15, 1983 is on Wednesday, April 27, 1983 at 06:31 UTC, 12 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, April 13, 1983 at 07:58 UTC, 2 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Wednesday, April 13, 198307:58
First Quarter (after)Wednesday, April 20, 198308:58

The Moon around April 15

More about this date

Friday, April 15, 1983 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of April 13, 1983 to the new moon of May 12, 1983, a cycle of 29.48 days.