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The Moon on Monday, April 18, 1983: Waxing Crescent, 29% lit

Waxing · 29.3% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 03°

Moon age

5.2days

Moon phase on April 18, 1983Waxing Crescent

Monday 18 April 1983371,731 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, April 18, 1983, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 29.3% of its visible face lit, 5.2 days after the new moon and growing each night.

29.3%Illumination at noon UTC
5.2 dMoon age
371,731 km230,983 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (3°)
32.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 18, 1983 is on Wednesday, April 27, 1983 at 06:31 UTC, 9 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, April 13, 1983 at 07:58 UTC, 5 days earlier.

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

The Moon around April 18

More about this date

Monday, April 18, 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.