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The Moon on Tuesday, April 26, 1983: Waxing Gibbous, 99% lit

Waxing · 99.1% lit · ♎︎ Libra 25°

Moon age

13.2days

Moon phase on April 26, 1983Waxing Gibbous

Tuesday 26 April 1983378,447 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, April 26, 1983, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 99.1% of its visible face lit, 13.2 days after the new moon and growing each night.

99.1%Illumination at noon UTC
13.2 dMoon age
378,447 km235,156 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (26°)
31.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 26, 1983 is on Wednesday, April 27, 1983 at 06:31 UTC, 1 day later, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, April 13, 1983 at 07:58 UTC, 13 days earlier.

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

The Moon around April 26

More about this date

Tuesday, April 26, 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.