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The Moon on Wednesday, January 20, 1982: Waning Crescent, 19% lit

Waning · 19.2% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 08°

Moon age

25.1days

Moon phase on January 20, 1982Waning Crescent

Wednesday 20 January 1982405,502 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, January 20, 1982, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 19.2% of its visible face lit, 25.1 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

19.2%Illumination at noon UTC
25.1 dMoon age
405,502 km251,967 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (8°)
29.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 20, 1982 is on Saturday, January 9, 1982 at 19:53 UTC, 11 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, January 25, 1982 at 04:56 UTC, 5 days later.

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

The Moon around January 20

More about this date

Wednesday, January 20, 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.