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The Moon on Thursday, May 26, 1983: Full Moon, 100% lit

Waxing · 99.9% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 01°

Full Moon at

18:48UTC

Moon phase on May 26, 1983Full Moon

Thursday 26 May 1983391,030 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, May 26, 1983, the Moon was a Full Moon: 99.9% of its visible face lit, 13.7 days after the new moon and at its fullest. The exact Full Moon happened at .

99.9%Illumination at noon UTC
13.7 dMoon age
391,030 km242,975 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (1°)
30.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
FullWhole disc lit

Full moon

This is the Flower Moon, 392,027 km from Earth.

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 26, 1983 is on Thursday, May 26, 1983 at 18:48 UTC, the same day, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, May 12, 1983 at 19:25 UTC, 14 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Thursday, May 19, 198314:17
Full Moon (this day)Thursday, May 26, 198318:48
Last Quarter (after)Friday, June 3, 198321:08

The Moon around May 26

More about this date

Thursday, May 26, 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.