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The Moon on Sunday, May 8, 1983: Waning Crescent, 20% lit

Waning · 19.9% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 24°

Moon age

25.2days

Moon phase on May 8, 1983Waning Crescent

Sunday 8 May 1983394,846 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, May 8, 1983, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 19.9% of its visible face lit, 25.2 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

19.9%Illumination at noon UTC
25.2 dMoon age
394,846 km245,346 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (25°)
30.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 8, 1983 is on Wednesday, April 27, 1983 at 06:31 UTC, 11 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, May 12, 1983 at 19:25 UTC, 4 days later.

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

The Moon around May 8

More about this date

Sunday, May 8, 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.