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The Moon on Saturday, September 3, 1983: Waning Crescent, 18% lit

Waning · 18.4% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 19°

Moon age

25.7days

Moon phase on September 3, 1983Waning Crescent

Saturday 3 September 1983364,649 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, September 3, 1983, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 18.4% of its visible face lit, 25.7 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

18.4%Illumination at noon UTC
25.7 dMoon age
364,649 km226,582 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (20°)
32.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to September 3, 1983 is on Tuesday, August 23, 1983 at 14:59 UTC, 11 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, September 7, 1983 at 02:35 UTC, 4 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Wednesday, August 31, 198311:22
New Moon (after)Wednesday, September 7, 198302:35

The Moon around September 3

More about this date

Saturday, September 3, 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.