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The Moon on Monday, September 5, 1983: Waning Crescent, 4% lit

Waning · 4.1% lit · ♌︎ Leo 19°

Moon age

27.7days

Moon phase on September 5, 1983Waning Crescent

Monday 5 September 1983358,945 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, September 5, 1983, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 4.1% of its visible face lit, 27.7 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

4.1%Illumination at noon UTC
27.7 dMoon age
358,945 km223,038 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (20°)
33.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to September 5, 1983 is on Tuesday, August 23, 1983 at 14:59 UTC, 13 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, September 7, 1983 at 02:35 UTC, 2 days later.

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

The Moon around September 5

More about this date

Monday, September 5, 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.