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The Moon on Saturday, August 13, 1983: Waxing Crescent, 29% lit

Waxing · 28.9% lit · ♎︎ Libra 25°

Moon age

4.7days

Moon phase on August 13, 1983Waxing Crescent

Saturday 13 August 1983374,739 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, August 13, 1983, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 28.9% of its visible face lit, 4.7 days after the new moon and growing each night.

28.9%Illumination at noon UTC
4.7 dMoon age
374,739 km232,852 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (25°)
31.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 13, 1983 is on Tuesday, August 23, 1983 at 14:59 UTC, 10 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, August 8, 1983 at 19:18 UTC, 5 days earlier.

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

The Moon around August 13

More about this date

Saturday, August 13, 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.