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The Moon on Tuesday, July 5, 1983: Waning Crescent, 30% lit

Waning · 30.2% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 06°

Moon age

24.3days

Moon phase on July 5, 1983Waning Crescent

Tuesday 5 July 1983383,619 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, July 5, 1983, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 30.2% of its visible face lit, 24.3 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

30.2%Illumination at noon UTC
24.3 dMoon age
383,619 km238,370 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (6°)
31.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 5, 1983 is on Saturday, June 25, 1983 at 08:32 UTC, 10 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, July 10, 1983 at 12:19 UTC, 5 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Sunday, July 3, 198312:12
New Moon (after)Sunday, July 10, 198312:19

The Moon around July 5

More about this date

Tuesday, July 5, 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.