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The Moon on Friday, January 8, 1982: Waxing Gibbous, 97% lit

Waxing · 97.4% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 29°

Moon age

13.1days

Moon phase on January 8, 1982Waxing Gibbous

Friday 8 January 1982359,749 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, January 8, 1982, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 97.4% of its visible face lit, 13.1 days after the new moon and growing each night.

97.4%Illumination at noon UTC
13.1 dMoon age
359,749 km223,538 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (29°)
33.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 8, 1982 is on Saturday, January 9, 1982 at 19:53 UTC, 1 day later, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, December 26, 1981 at 10:10 UTC, 13 days earlier.

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

The Moon around January 8

More about this date

Friday, January 8, 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.