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The Moon on Tuesday, May 3, 1983: Waning Gibbous, 66% lit

Waning · 65.6% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 24°

Moon age

20.2days

Moon phase on May 3, 1983Waning Gibbous

Tuesday 3 May 1983403,438 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, May 3, 1983, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 65.6% of its visible face lit, 20.2 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

65.6%Illumination at noon UTC
20.2 dMoon age
403,438 km250,685 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (24°)
29.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 3, 1983 is on Wednesday, April 27, 1983 at 06:31 UTC, 6 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, May 12, 1983 at 19:25 UTC, 9 days later.

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

The Moon around May 3

More about this date

Tuesday, May 3, 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.