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The Moon on Friday, December 9, 1983: Waxing Crescent, 23% lit

Waxing · 22.8% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 13°

Moon age

5.0days

Moon phase on December 9, 1983Waxing Crescent

Friday 9 December 1983403,265 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, December 9, 1983, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 22.8% of its visible face lit, 5.0 days after the new moon and growing each night.

22.8%Illumination at noon UTC
5.0 dMoon age
403,265 km250,577 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (14°)
29.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 9, 1983 is on Tuesday, December 20, 1983 at 02:00 UTC, 11 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, December 4, 1983 at 12:26 UTC, 5 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Sunday, December 4, 198312:26
First Quarter (after)Monday, December 12, 198313:09

The Moon around December 9

More about this date

Friday, December 9, 1983 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of December 4, 1983 to the new moon of January 3, 1984, a cycle of 29.70 days.