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The Moon on Sunday, August 14, 1983: Waxing Crescent, 39% lit

Waxing · 39.3% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 08°

Moon age

5.7days

Moon phase on August 14, 1983Waxing Crescent

Sunday 14 August 1983380,802 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, August 14, 1983, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 39.3% of its visible face lit, 5.7 days after the new moon and growing each night.

39.3%Illumination at noon UTC
5.7 dMoon age
380,802 km236,619 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (9°)
31.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 14, 1983 is on Tuesday, August 23, 1983 at 14:59 UTC, 9 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, August 8, 1983 at 19:18 UTC, 6 days earlier.

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

The Moon around August 14

More about this date

Sunday, August 14, 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.