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The Moon on Friday, October 7, 1983: Waxing Crescent, 2% lit

Waxing · 1.6% lit · ♎︎ Libra 27°

Moon age

1.0days

Moon phase on October 7, 1983Waxing Crescent

Friday 7 October 1983369,284 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, October 7, 1983, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 1.6% of its visible face lit, 1.0 days after the new moon and growing each night.

1.6%Illumination at noon UTC
1.0 dMoon age
369,284 km229,463 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (28°)
32.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 7, 1983 is on Friday, October 21, 1983 at 21:53 UTC, 14 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, October 6, 1983 at 11:16 UTC, 1 day earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Thursday, October 6, 198311:16
First Quarter (after)Thursday, October 13, 198319:42

The Moon around October 7

More about this date

Friday, October 7, 1983 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of October 6, 1983 to the new moon of November 4, 1983, a cycle of 29.46 days.