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The Moon on Friday, January 15, 1982: Waning Gibbous, 65% lit

Waning · 64.8% lit · ♎︎ Libra 07°

Moon age

20.1days

Moon phase on January 15, 1982Waning Gibbous

Friday 15 January 1982390,868 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, January 15, 1982, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 64.8% of its visible face lit, 20.1 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

64.8%Illumination at noon UTC
20.1 dMoon age
390,868 km242,874 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (8°)
30.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 15, 1982 is on Saturday, January 9, 1982 at 19:53 UTC, 6 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, January 25, 1982 at 04:56 UTC, 10 days later.

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

The Moon around January 15

More about this date

Friday, January 15, 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.