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The Moon on Tuesday, January 26, 1982: Waxing Crescent, 2% lit

Waxing · 1.7% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 21°

Moon age

1.3days

Moon phase on January 26, 1982Waxing Crescent

Tuesday 26 January 1982392,674 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, January 26, 1982, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 1.7% of its visible face lit, 1.3 days after the new moon and growing each night.

1.7%Illumination at noon UTC
1.3 dMoon age
392,674 km243,996 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (21°)
30.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 26, 1982 is on Monday, February 8, 1982 at 07:57 UTC, 13 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, January 25, 1982 at 04:56 UTC, 1 day earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Monday, January 25, 198204:56
First Quarter (after)Monday, February 1, 198214:28

The Moon around January 26

More about this date

Tuesday, January 26, 1982 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of January 25, 1982 to the new moon of February 23, 1982, a cycle of 29.68 days.