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The Moon on Friday, September 9, 1983: Waxing Crescent, 8% lit

Waxing · 8.3% lit · ♎︎ Libra 19°

Moon age

2.4days

Moon phase on September 9, 1983Waxing Crescent

Friday 9 September 1983367,847 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, September 9, 1983, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 8.3% of its visible face lit, 2.4 days after the new moon and growing each night.

8.3%Illumination at noon UTC
2.4 dMoon age
367,847 km228,569 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (19°)
32.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to September 9, 1983 is on Thursday, September 22, 1983 at 06:36 UTC, 13 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, September 7, 1983 at 02:35 UTC, 2 days earlier.

The Moon around September 9

More about this date

Friday, September 9, 1983 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of September 7, 1983 to the new moon of October 6, 1983, a cycle of 29.36 days.