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The Moon on Monday, December 26, 1983: Last Quarter, 53% lit

Waning · 53.4% lit · ♎︎ Libra 00°

Last Quarter at

18:53UTC

Moon phase on December 26, 1983Last Quarter

Monday 26 December 1983371,603 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, December 26, 1983, the Moon was a Last Quarter: 53.4% of its visible face lit, 22.0 days after the new moon and shrinking each night. The exact Last Quarter happened at .

53.4%Illumination at noon UTC
22.0 dMoon age
371,603 km230,903 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (0°)
32.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 26, 1983 is on Tuesday, December 20, 1983 at 02:00 UTC, 6 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, January 3, 1984 at 05:16 UTC, 8 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Tuesday, December 20, 198302:00
Last Quarter (this day)Monday, December 26, 198318:53
New Moon (after)Tuesday, January 3, 198405:16

The Moon around December 26

More about this date

Monday, December 26, 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.