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The Moon on Tuesday, August 2, 1983: Last Quarter, 45% lit

Waning · 45.3% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 15°

Last Quarter at

00:52UTC

Moon phase on August 2, 1983Last Quarter

Tuesday 2 August 1983384,587 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, August 2, 1983, the Moon was a Last Quarter: 45.3% of its visible face lit, 23.0 days after the new moon and shrinking each night. The exact Last Quarter happened at .

45.3%Illumination at noon UTC
23.0 dMoon age
384,587 km238,971 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (15°)
31.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 2, 1983 is on Sunday, July 24, 1983 at 23:27 UTC, 9 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, August 8, 1983 at 19:18 UTC, 6 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Sunday, July 24, 198323:27
Last Quarter (this day)Tuesday, August 2, 198300:52
New Moon (after)Monday, August 8, 198319:18

The Moon around August 2

More about this date

Tuesday, August 2, 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.