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The Moon on Saturday, April 23, 1983: Waxing Gibbous, 83% lit

Waxing · 82.9% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 14°

Moon age

10.2days

Moon phase on April 23, 1983Waxing Gibbous

Saturday 23 April 1983371,128 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, April 23, 1983, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 82.9% of its visible face lit, 10.2 days after the new moon and growing each night.

82.9%Illumination at noon UTC
10.2 dMoon age
371,128 km230,608 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (14°)
32.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 23, 1983 is on Wednesday, April 27, 1983 at 06:31 UTC, 4 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, April 13, 1983 at 07:58 UTC, 10 days earlier.

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

The Moon around April 23

More about this date

Saturday, April 23, 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.