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The Moon on Saturday, January 23, 1982: Waning Crescent, 3% lit

Waning · 2.8% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 14°

Moon age

28.1days

Moon phase on January 23, 1982Waning Crescent

Saturday 23 January 1982401,485 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, January 23, 1982, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 2.8% of its visible face lit, 28.1 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

2.8%Illumination at noon UTC
28.1 dMoon age
401,485 km249,471 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (14°)
29.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 23, 1982 is on Saturday, January 9, 1982 at 19:53 UTC, 14 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, January 25, 1982 at 04:56 UTC, 2 days later.

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

The Moon around January 23

More about this date

Saturday, January 23, 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.