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The Moon on Friday, January 1, 1982: Waxing Crescent, 32% lit

Waxing · 32.3% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 19°

Moon age

6.1days

Moon phase on January 1, 1982Waxing Crescent

Friday 1 January 1982385,322 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, January 1, 1982, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 32.3% of its visible face lit, 6.1 days after the new moon and growing each night.

32.3%Illumination at noon UTC
6.1 dMoon age
385,322 km239,428 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (20°)
31.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 1, 1982 is on Saturday, January 9, 1982 at 19:53 UTC, 8 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, December 26, 1981 at 10:10 UTC, 6 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Saturday, December 26, 198110:10
First Quarter (after)Sunday, January 3, 198204:46

The Moon around January 1

More about this date

Friday, January 1, 1982 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of December 26, 1981 to the new moon of January 25, 1982, a cycle of 29.78 days.