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The Moon on Wednesday, November 9, 1983: Waxing Crescent, 22% lit

Waxing · 21.5% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 11°

Moon age

4.6days

Moon phase on November 9, 1983Waxing Crescent

Wednesday 9 November 1983396,143 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, November 9, 1983, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 21.5% of its visible face lit, 4.6 days after the new moon and growing each night.

21.5%Illumination at noon UTC
4.6 dMoon age
396,143 km246,152 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (12°)
30.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to November 9, 1983 is on Sunday, November 20, 1983 at 12:29 UTC, 11 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, November 4, 1983 at 22:21 UTC, 5 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Friday, November 4, 198322:21
First Quarter (after)Saturday, November 12, 198315:49

The Moon around November 9

More about this date

Wednesday, November 9, 1983 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of November 4, 1983 to the new moon of December 4, 1983, a cycle of 29.59 days.