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The Moon on Tuesday, August 9, 1983: Waxing Crescent, 1% lit

Waxing · 0.9% lit · ♌︎ Leo 26°

Moon age

30.0days

Moon phase on August 9, 1983Waxing Crescent

Tuesday 9 August 1983357,628 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, August 9, 1983, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 0.9% of its visible face lit, 30.0 days after the new moon and growing each night.

0.9%Illumination at noon UTC
30.0 dMoon age
357,628 km222,220 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (26°)
33.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 9, 1983 is on Tuesday, August 23, 1983 at 14:59 UTC, 14 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, August 8, 1983 at 19:18 UTC, 1 day earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Monday, August 8, 198319:18
First Quarter (after)Monday, August 15, 198312:47

The Moon around August 9

More about this date

Tuesday, August 9, 1983 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of August 8, 1983 to the new moon of September 7, 1983, a cycle of 29.30 days.