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The Moon on Friday, May 20, 1983: Waxing Gibbous, 60% lit

Waxing · 60.4% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 10°

Moon age

7.7days

Moon phase on May 20, 1983Waxing Gibbous

Friday 20 May 1983372,671 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, May 20, 1983, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 60.4% of its visible face lit, 7.7 days after the new moon and growing each night.

60.4%Illumination at noon UTC
7.7 dMoon age
372,671 km231,567 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (11°)
32.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 20, 1983 is on Thursday, May 26, 1983 at 18:48 UTC, 6 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, May 12, 1983 at 19:25 UTC, 8 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Thursday, May 19, 198314:17
Full Moon (after)Thursday, May 26, 198318:48

The Moon around May 20

More about this date

Friday, May 20, 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.