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The Moon on Saturday, May 14, 1983: Waxing Crescent, 4% lit

Waxing · 3.7% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 15°

Moon age

1.7days

Moon phase on May 14, 1983Waxing Crescent

Saturday 14 May 1983369,804 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, May 14, 1983, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 3.7% of its visible face lit, 1.7 days after the new moon and growing each night.

3.7%Illumination at noon UTC
1.7 dMoon age
369,804 km229,786 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (15°)
32.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 14, 1983 is on Thursday, May 26, 1983 at 18:48 UTC, 12 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, May 12, 1983 at 19:25 UTC, 2 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Thursday, May 12, 198319:25
First Quarter (after)Thursday, May 19, 198314:17

The Moon around May 14

More about this date

Saturday, May 14, 1983 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of May 12, 1983 to the new moon of June 11, 1983, a cycle of 29.38 days.