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The Moon on Sunday, May 29, 1983: Waning Gibbous, 93% lit

Waning · 92.9% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 08°

Moon age

16.7days

Moon phase on May 29, 1983Waning Gibbous

Sunday 29 May 1983400,682 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, May 29, 1983, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 92.9% of its visible face lit, 16.7 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

92.9%Illumination at noon UTC
16.7 dMoon age
400,682 km248,972 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (9°)
29.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 29, 1983 is on Thursday, May 26, 1983 at 18:48 UTC, 3 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, June 11, 1983 at 04:38 UTC, 13 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Thursday, May 26, 198318:48
Last Quarter (after)Friday, June 3, 198321:08

The Moon around May 29

More about this date

Sunday, May 29, 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.