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The Moon on Sunday, April 24, 1983: Waxing Gibbous, 91% lit

Waxing · 90.6% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 28°

Moon age

11.2days

Moon phase on April 24, 1983Waxing Gibbous

Sunday 24 April 1983372,835 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, April 24, 1983, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 90.6% of its visible face lit, 11.2 days after the new moon and growing each night.

90.6%Illumination at noon UTC
11.2 dMoon age
372,835 km231,669 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (28°)
32.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 24, 1983 is on Wednesday, April 27, 1983 at 06:31 UTC, 3 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, April 13, 1983 at 07:58 UTC, 11 days earlier.

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

The Moon around April 24

More about this date

Sunday, April 24, 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.