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The Moon on Monday, August 8, 1983: New Moon, 0% lit

Waning · 0.3% lit · ♌︎ Leo 11°

New Moon at

19:18UTC

Moon phase on August 8, 1983New Moon

Monday 8 August 1983357,260 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, August 8, 1983, the Moon was a New Moon: 0.3% of its visible face lit, 29.0 days after the new moon and between the Earth and the Sun, so it is not visible. The exact New Moon happened at .

0.3%Illumination at noon UTC
29.0 dMoon age
357,260 km221,991 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (11°)
33.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
NewDark side faces Earth

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 8, 1983 is on Sunday, July 24, 1983 at 23:27 UTC, 15 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, August 8, 1983 at 19:18 UTC, the same day.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Tuesday, August 2, 198300:52
New Moon (this day)Monday, August 8, 198319:18
First Quarter (after)Monday, August 15, 198312:47

The Moon around August 8

More about this date

Monday, August 8, 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.