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The Moon on Saturday, December 24, 1983: Waning Gibbous, 75% lit

Waning · 75.2% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 01°

Moon age

20.0days

Moon phase on December 24, 1983Waning Gibbous

Saturday 24 December 1983366,548 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, December 24, 1983, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 75.2% of its visible face lit, 20.0 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

75.2%Illumination at noon UTC
20.0 dMoon age
366,548 km227,762 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (2°)
32.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 24, 1983 is on Tuesday, December 20, 1983 at 02:00 UTC, 4 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, January 3, 1984 at 05:16 UTC, 10 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Tuesday, December 20, 198302:00
Last Quarter (after)Monday, December 26, 198318:53

The Moon around December 24

More about this date

Saturday, December 24, 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.