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The Moon on Tuesday, January 12, 1982: Waning Gibbous, 90% lit

Waning · 90.5% lit · ♌︎ Leo 27°

Moon age

17.1days

Moon phase on January 12, 1982Waning Gibbous

Tuesday 12 January 1982372,854 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, January 12, 1982, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 90.5% of its visible face lit, 17.1 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

90.5%Illumination at noon UTC
17.1 dMoon age
372,854 km231,681 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (28°)
32.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 12, 1982 is on Saturday, January 9, 1982 at 19:53 UTC, 3 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, January 25, 1982 at 04:56 UTC, 13 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Saturday, January 9, 198219:53
Last Quarter (after)Saturday, January 16, 198223:58

The Moon around January 12

More about this date

Tuesday, January 12, 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.