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The Moon on Tuesday, December 27, 1983: Waning Crescent, 42% lit

Waning · 42.2% lit · ♎︎ Libra 14°

Moon age

23.0days

Moon phase on December 27, 1983Waning Crescent

Tuesday 27 December 1983374,775 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, December 27, 1983, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 42.2% of its visible face lit, 23.0 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

42.2%Illumination at noon UTC
23.0 dMoon age
374,775 km232,875 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (14°)
31.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 27, 1983 is on Tuesday, December 20, 1983 at 02:00 UTC, 7 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, January 3, 1984 at 05:16 UTC, 7 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Monday, December 26, 198318:53
New Moon (after)Tuesday, January 3, 198405:16

The Moon around December 27

More about this date

Tuesday, December 27, 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.