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The Moon on Sunday, May 22, 1983: Waxing Gibbous, 80% lit

Waxing · 80.5% lit · ♎︎ Libra 08°

Moon age

9.7days

Moon phase on May 22, 1983Waxing Gibbous

Sunday 22 May 1983377,885 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, May 22, 1983, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 80.5% of its visible face lit, 9.7 days after the new moon and growing each night.

80.5%Illumination at noon UTC
9.7 dMoon age
377,885 km234,807 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (8°)
31.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 22, 1983 is on Thursday, May 26, 1983 at 18:48 UTC, 4 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, May 12, 1983 at 19:25 UTC, 10 days earlier.

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

The Moon around May 22

More about this date

Sunday, May 22, 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.