Waxing · 26.8% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 28°
Moon age
4.7days
Moon phase on May 17, 1983Waxing Crescent
On Tuesday, May 17, 1983, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 26.8% of its visible face lit, 4.7 days after the new moon and growing each night.
26.8%Illumination at noon UTC
4.7 dMoon age
367,819 km228,552 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (28°)
32.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)
Nearest moon phases
The nearest full moon to May 17, 1983 is on Thursday, May 26, 1983 at 18:48 UTC, 9 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, May 12, 1983 at 19:25 UTC, 5 days earlier.
| Phase | Date | Time (UTC) |
|---|---|---|
| New Moon (before) | Thursday, May 12, 1983 | 19:25 |
| First Quarter (after) | Thursday, May 19, 1983 | 14:17 |
The Moon around May 17
More about this date
Tuesday, May 17, 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.
- See every phase of the month in the moon phases in May 1983, or the whole moon calendar 1983.
- The same date one year apart: 1982 · 1984.
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- Phases change by time zone: this page uses Coordinated Universal Time (UTC). Learn how to read the phases of the moon.