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The Moon on Monday, May 16, 1983: Waxing Crescent, 17% lit

Waxing · 17.1% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 13°

Moon age

3.7days

Moon phase on May 16, 1983Waxing Crescent

Monday 16 May 1983367,519 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, May 16, 1983, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 17.1% of its visible face lit, 3.7 days after the new moon and growing each night.

17.1%Illumination at noon UTC
3.7 dMoon age
367,519 km228,366 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (14°)
32.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 16, 1983 is on Thursday, May 26, 1983 at 18:48 UTC, 10 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, May 12, 1983 at 19:25 UTC, 4 days earlier.

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

The Moon around May 16

More about this date

Monday, May 16, 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.