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The Moon on Tuesday, May 24, 1983: Waxing Gibbous, 94% lit

Waxing · 94.3% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 05°

Moon age

11.7days

Moon phase on May 24, 1983Waxing Gibbous

Tuesday 24 May 1983384,112 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, May 24, 1983, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 94.3% of its visible face lit, 11.7 days after the new moon and growing each night.

94.3%Illumination at noon UTC
11.7 dMoon age
384,112 km238,676 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (5°)
31.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 24, 1983 is on Thursday, May 26, 1983 at 18:48 UTC, 2 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, May 12, 1983 at 19:25 UTC, 12 days earlier.

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

The Moon around May 24

More about this date

Tuesday, May 24, 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.