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The Moon on Wednesday, September 14, 1983: First Quarter, 54% lit

Waxing · 54.1% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 25°

First Quarter at

02:24UTC

Moon phase on September 14, 1983First Quarter

Wednesday 14 September 1983396,405 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, September 14, 1983, the Moon was a First Quarter: 54.1% of its visible face lit, 7.4 days after the new moon and growing each night. The exact First Quarter happened at .

54.1%Illumination at noon UTC
7.4 dMoon age
396,405 km246,315 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (26°)
30.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to September 14, 1983 is on Thursday, September 22, 1983 at 06:36 UTC, 8 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, September 7, 1983 at 02:35 UTC, 7 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Wednesday, September 7, 198302:35
First Quarter (this day)Wednesday, September 14, 198302:24
Full Moon (after)Thursday, September 22, 198306:36

The Moon around September 14

More about this date

Wednesday, September 14, 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.