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The Moon on Wednesday, October 12, 1983: Waxing Crescent, 37% lit

Waxing · 37.4% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 03°

Moon age

6.0days

Moon phase on October 12, 1983Waxing Crescent

Wednesday 12 October 1983395,881 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, October 12, 1983, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 37.4% of its visible face lit, 6.0 days after the new moon and growing each night.

37.4%Illumination at noon UTC
6.0 dMoon age
395,881 km245,989 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (4°)
30.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 12, 1983 is on Friday, October 21, 1983 at 21:53 UTC, 9 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, October 6, 1983 at 11:16 UTC, 6 days earlier.

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

The Moon around October 12

More about this date

Wednesday, October 12, 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.