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The Moon on Friday, August 5, 1983: Waning Crescent, 15% lit

Waning · 15.5% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 26°

Moon age

26.0days

Moon phase on August 5, 1983Waning Crescent

Friday 5 August 1983366,883 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, August 5, 1983, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 15.5% of its visible face lit, 26.0 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

15.5%Illumination at noon UTC
26.0 dMoon age
366,883 km227,971 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (26°)
32.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 5, 1983 is on Sunday, July 24, 1983 at 23:27 UTC, 12 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, August 8, 1983 at 19:18 UTC, 3 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Tuesday, August 2, 198300:52
New Moon (after)Monday, August 8, 198319:18

The Moon around August 5

More about this date

Friday, August 5, 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.