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The Moon on Wednesday, August 10, 1983: Waxing Crescent, 5% lit

Waxing · 4.6% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 11°

Moon age

1.7days

Moon phase on August 10, 1983Waxing Crescent

Wednesday 10 August 1983359,890 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, August 10, 1983, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 4.6% of its visible face lit, 1.7 days after the new moon and growing each night.

4.6%Illumination at noon UTC
1.7 dMoon age
359,890 km223,625 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (11°)
33.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 10, 1983 is on Tuesday, August 23, 1983 at 14:59 UTC, 13 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, August 8, 1983 at 19:18 UTC, 2 days earlier.

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

The Moon around August 10

More about this date

Wednesday, August 10, 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.