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The Moon on Sunday, October 2, 1983: Waning Crescent, 21% lit

Waning · 21.3% lit · ♌︎ Leo 13°

Moon age

25.4days

Moon phase on October 2, 1983Waning Crescent

Sunday 2 October 1983365,054 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, October 2, 1983, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 21.3% of its visible face lit, 25.4 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

21.3%Illumination at noon UTC
25.4 dMoon age
365,054 km226,834 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (14°)
32.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 2, 1983 is on Thursday, September 22, 1983 at 06:36 UTC, 10 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, October 6, 1983 at 11:16 UTC, 4 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Thursday, September 29, 198320:05
New Moon (after)Thursday, October 6, 198311:16

The Moon around October 2

More about this date

Sunday, October 2, 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.