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The Moon on Monday, January 18, 1982: Waning Crescent, 36% lit

Waning · 35.9% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 14°

Moon age

23.1days

Moon phase on January 18, 1982Waning Crescent

Monday 18 January 1982403,152 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, January 18, 1982, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 35.9% of its visible face lit, 23.1 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

35.9%Illumination at noon UTC
23.1 dMoon age
403,152 km250,507 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (15°)
29.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 18, 1982 is on Saturday, January 9, 1982 at 19:53 UTC, 9 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, January 25, 1982 at 04:56 UTC, 7 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Saturday, January 16, 198223:58
New Moon (after)Monday, January 25, 198204:56

The Moon around January 18

More about this date

Monday, January 18, 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.