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The Moon on Monday, August 1, 1983: Waning Gibbous, 56% lit

Waning · 55.7% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 02°

Moon age

22.0days

Moon phase on August 1, 1983Waning Gibbous

Monday 1 August 1983390,171 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, August 1, 1983, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 55.7% of its visible face lit, 22.0 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

55.7%Illumination at noon UTC
22.0 dMoon age
390,171 km242,441 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (2°)
30.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 1, 1983 is on Sunday, July 24, 1983 at 23:27 UTC, 8 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, August 8, 1983 at 19:18 UTC, 7 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Sunday, July 24, 198323:27
Last Quarter (after)Tuesday, August 2, 198300:52

The Moon around August 1

More about this date

Monday, August 1, 1983 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of July 10, 1983 to the new moon of August 8, 1983, a cycle of 29.29 days.