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The Moon on Saturday, December 10, 1983: Waxing Crescent, 31% lit

Waxing · 31.3% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 25°

Moon age

6.0days

Moon phase on December 10, 1983Waxing Crescent

Saturday 10 December 1983404,509 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, December 10, 1983, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 31.3% of its visible face lit, 6.0 days after the new moon and growing each night.

31.3%Illumination at noon UTC
6.0 dMoon age
404,509 km251,350 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (26°)
29.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 10, 1983 is on Tuesday, December 20, 1983 at 02:00 UTC, 10 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, December 4, 1983 at 12:26 UTC, 6 days earlier.

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

The Moon around December 10

More about this date

Saturday, December 10, 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.