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The Moon on Wednesday, November 2, 1983: Waning Crescent, 8% lit

Waning · 7.8% lit · ♎︎ Libra 07°

Moon age

27.0days

Moon phase on November 2, 1983Waning Crescent

Wednesday 2 November 1983368,692 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, November 2, 1983, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 7.8% of its visible face lit, 27.0 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

7.8%Illumination at noon UTC
27.0 dMoon age
368,692 km229,095 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (7°)
32.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to November 2, 1983 is on Friday, October 21, 1983 at 21:53 UTC, 12 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, November 4, 1983 at 22:21 UTC, 2 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Saturday, October 29, 198303:37
New Moon (after)Friday, November 4, 198322:21

The Moon around November 2

More about this date

Wednesday, November 2, 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.