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The Moon on Saturday, April 30, 1983: Waning Gibbous, 89% lit

Waning · 89.1% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 18°

Moon age

17.2days

Moon phase on April 30, 1983Waning Gibbous

Saturday 30 April 1983394,910 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, April 30, 1983, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 89.1% of its visible face lit, 17.2 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

89.1%Illumination at noon UTC
17.2 dMoon age
394,910 km245,386 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (18°)
30.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 30, 1983 is on Wednesday, April 27, 1983 at 06:31 UTC, 3 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, May 12, 1983 at 19:25 UTC, 12 days later.

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

The Moon around April 30

More about this date

Saturday, April 30, 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.