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The Moon on Thursday, January 7, 1982: Waxing Gibbous, 92% lit

Waxing · 92.1% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 14°

Moon age

12.1days

Moon phase on January 7, 1982Waxing Gibbous

Thursday 7 January 1982360,568 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, January 7, 1982, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 92.1% of its visible face lit, 12.1 days after the new moon and growing each night.

92.1%Illumination at noon UTC
12.1 dMoon age
360,568 km224,047 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (14°)
33.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 7, 1982 is on Saturday, January 9, 1982 at 19:53 UTC, 2 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, December 26, 1981 at 10:10 UTC, 12 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Sunday, January 3, 198204:46
Full Moon (after)Saturday, January 9, 198219:53

The Moon around January 7

More about this date

Thursday, January 7, 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.