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The Moon on Thursday, July 7, 1983: Waning Crescent, 12% lit

Waning · 12.4% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 03°

Moon age

26.3days

Moon phase on July 7, 1983Waning Crescent

Thursday 7 July 1983371,488 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, July 7, 1983, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 12.4% of its visible face lit, 26.3 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

12.4%Illumination at noon UTC
26.3 dMoon age
371,488 km230,832 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (4°)
32.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 7, 1983 is on Saturday, June 25, 1983 at 08:32 UTC, 12 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, July 10, 1983 at 12:19 UTC, 3 days later.

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

The Moon around July 7

More about this date

Thursday, July 7, 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.