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The Moon on Monday, May 9, 1983: Waning Crescent, 12% lit

Waning · 12.5% lit · ♈︎ Aries 07°

Moon age

26.2days

Moon phase on May 9, 1983Waning Crescent

Monday 9 May 1983390,263 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, May 9, 1983, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 12.5% of its visible face lit, 26.2 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

12.5%Illumination at noon UTC
26.2 dMoon age
390,263 km242,498 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (7°)
30.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

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

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

The Moon around May 9

More about this date

Monday, May 9, 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.