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The Moon on Wednesday, April 20, 1983: First Quarter, 52% lit

Waxing · 51.6% lit · ♌︎ Leo 01°

First Quarter at

08:58UTC

Moon phase on April 20, 1983First Quarter

Wednesday 20 April 1983369,917 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, April 20, 1983, the Moon was a First Quarter: 51.6% of its visible face lit, 7.2 days after the new moon and growing each night. The exact First Quarter happened at .

51.6%Illumination at noon UTC
7.2 dMoon age
369,917 km229,855 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (2°)
32.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 20, 1983 is on Wednesday, April 27, 1983 at 06:31 UTC, 7 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, April 13, 1983 at 07:58 UTC, 7 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Wednesday, April 13, 198307:58
First Quarter (this day)Wednesday, April 20, 198308:58
Full Moon (after)Wednesday, April 27, 198306:31

The Moon around April 20

More about this date

Wednesday, April 20, 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.