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The Moon on Wednesday, May 11, 1983: Waning Crescent, 2% lit

Waning · 2.2% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 03°

Moon age

28.2days

Moon phase on May 11, 1983Waning Crescent

Wednesday 11 May 1983380,556 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, May 11, 1983, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 2.2% of its visible face lit, 28.2 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

2.2%Illumination at noon UTC
28.2 dMoon age
380,556 km236,467 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (4°)
31.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 11, 1983 is on Wednesday, April 27, 1983 at 06:31 UTC, 14 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, May 12, 1983 at 19:25 UTC, 1 day later.

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

The Moon around May 11

More about this date

Wednesday, May 11, 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.