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The Moon on Friday, April 29, 1983: Waning Gibbous, 95% lit

Waning · 94.6% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 05°

Moon age

16.2days

Moon phase on April 29, 1983Waning Gibbous

Friday 29 April 1983390,734 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, April 29, 1983, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 94.6% of its visible face lit, 16.2 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

94.6%Illumination at noon UTC
16.2 dMoon age
390,734 km242,791 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (6°)
30.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 29, 1983 is on Wednesday, April 27, 1983 at 06:31 UTC, 2 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, May 12, 1983 at 19:25 UTC, 13 days later.

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

The Moon around April 29

More about this date

Friday, April 29, 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.