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The Moon on Friday, August 26, 1983: Waning Gibbous, 92% lit

Waning · 92.4% lit · ♈︎ Aries 04°

Moon age

17.7days

Moon phase on August 26, 1983Waning Gibbous

Friday 26 August 1983400,763 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, August 26, 1983, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 92.4% of its visible face lit, 17.7 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

92.4%Illumination at noon UTC
17.7 dMoon age
400,763 km249,023 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (4°)
29.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 26, 1983 is on Tuesday, August 23, 1983 at 14:59 UTC, 3 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, September 7, 1983 at 02:35 UTC, 12 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Tuesday, August 23, 198314:59
Last Quarter (after)Wednesday, August 31, 198311:22

The Moon around August 26

More about this date

Friday, August 26, 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.