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The Moon on Tuesday, May 10, 1983: Waning Crescent, 6% lit

Waning · 6.5% lit · ♈︎ Aries 20°

Moon age

27.2days

Moon phase on May 10, 1983Waning Crescent

Tuesday 10 May 1983385,375 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, May 10, 1983, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 6.5% of its visible face lit, 27.2 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

6.5%Illumination at noon UTC
27.2 dMoon age
385,375 km239,461 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (20°)
31.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 10, 1983 is on Wednesday, April 27, 1983 at 06:31 UTC, 13 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, May 12, 1983 at 19:25 UTC, 2 days later.

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

The Moon around May 10

More about this date

Tuesday, May 10, 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.