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The Moon on Thursday, August 11, 1983: Waxing Crescent, 11% lit

Waxing · 10.9% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 26°

Moon age

2.7days

Moon phase on August 11, 1983Waxing Crescent

Thursday 11 August 1983363,788 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, August 11, 1983, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 10.9% of its visible face lit, 2.7 days after the new moon and growing each night.

10.9%Illumination at noon UTC
2.7 dMoon age
363,788 km226,047 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (26°)
32.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 11, 1983 is on Tuesday, August 23, 1983 at 14:59 UTC, 12 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, August 8, 1983 at 19:18 UTC, 3 days earlier.

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

The Moon around August 11

More about this date

Thursday, August 11, 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.