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The Moon on Saturday, May 7, 1983: Waning Crescent, 28% lit

Waning · 28.4% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 12°

Moon age

24.2days

Moon phase on May 7, 1983Waning Crescent

Saturday 7 May 1983398,774 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, May 7, 1983, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 28.4% of its visible face lit, 24.2 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

28.4%Illumination at noon UTC
24.2 dMoon age
398,774 km247,787 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (12°)
30.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 7, 1983 is on Wednesday, April 27, 1983 at 06:31 UTC, 10 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, May 12, 1983 at 19:25 UTC, 5 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Thursday, May 5, 198303:43
New Moon (after)Thursday, May 12, 198319:25

The Moon around May 7

More about this date

Saturday, May 7, 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.