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The Moon on Thursday, April 28, 1983: Waning Gibbous, 98% lit

Waning · 98.2% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 22°

Moon age

15.2days

Moon phase on April 28, 1983Waning Gibbous

Thursday 28 April 1983386,401 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, April 28, 1983, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 98.2% of its visible face lit, 15.2 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

98.2%Illumination at noon UTC
15.2 dMoon age
386,401 km240,098 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (23°)
30.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 28, 1983 is on Wednesday, April 27, 1983 at 06:31 UTC, 1 day earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, May 12, 1983 at 19:25 UTC, 14 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Wednesday, April 27, 198306:31
Last Quarter (after)Thursday, May 5, 198303:43

The Moon around April 28

More about this date

Thursday, April 28, 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.