Skip to content
The Moon on Sunday, May 15, 1983: Waxing Crescent, 9% lit

Waxing · 9.3% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 29°

Moon age

2.7days

Moon phase on May 15, 1983Waxing Crescent

Sunday 15 May 1983368,145 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, May 15, 1983, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 9.3% of its visible face lit, 2.7 days after the new moon and growing each night.

9.3%Illumination at noon UTC
2.7 dMoon age
368,145 km228,755 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (30°)
32.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 15, 1983 is on Thursday, May 26, 1983 at 18:48 UTC, 11 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, May 12, 1983 at 19:25 UTC, 3 days earlier.

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

The Moon around May 15

More about this date

Sunday, May 15, 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.