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The Moon on Friday, April 22, 1983: Waxing Gibbous, 74% lit

Waxing · 73.6% lit · ♌︎ Leo 29°

Moon age

9.2days

Moon phase on April 22, 1983Waxing Gibbous

Friday 22 April 1983370,123 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, April 22, 1983, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 73.6% of its visible face lit, 9.2 days after the new moon and growing each night.

73.6%Illumination at noon UTC
9.2 dMoon age
370,123 km229,984 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (30°)
32.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 22, 1983 is on Wednesday, April 27, 1983 at 06:31 UTC, 5 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, April 13, 1983 at 07:58 UTC, 9 days earlier.

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

The Moon around April 22

More about this date

Friday, April 22, 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.