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The Moon on Friday, June 17, 1983: First Quarter, 46% lit

Waxing · 46.5% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 21°

First Quarter at

19:46UTC

Moon phase on June 17, 1983First Quarter

Friday 17 June 1983372,788 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, June 17, 1983, the Moon was a First Quarter: 46.5% of its visible face lit, 6.3 days after the new moon and growing each night. The exact First Quarter happened at .

46.5%Illumination at noon UTC
6.3 dMoon age
372,788 km231,640 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (22°)
32.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to June 17, 1983 is on Saturday, June 25, 1983 at 08:32 UTC, 8 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, June 11, 1983 at 04:38 UTC, 6 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Saturday, June 11, 198304:38
First Quarter (this day)Friday, June 17, 198319:46
Full Moon (after)Saturday, June 25, 198308:32

The Moon around June 17

More about this date

Friday, June 17, 1983 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of June 11, 1983 to the new moon of July 10, 1983, a cycle of 29.32 days.