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The Moon on Friday, January 22, 1982: Waning Crescent, 7% lit

Waning · 6.8% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 02°

Moon age

27.1days

Moon phase on January 22, 1982Waning Crescent

Friday 22 January 1982403,605 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, January 22, 1982, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 6.8% of its visible face lit, 27.1 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

6.8%Illumination at noon UTC
27.1 dMoon age
403,605 km250,788 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (2°)
29.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 22, 1982 is on Saturday, January 9, 1982 at 19:53 UTC, 13 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, January 25, 1982 at 04:56 UTC, 3 days later.

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

The Moon around January 22

More about this date

Friday, January 22, 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.