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The Moon on Friday, January 29, 1982: Waxing Crescent, 19% lit

Waxing · 18.6% lit · ♈︎ Aries 00°

Moon age

4.3days

Moon phase on January 29, 1982Waxing Crescent

Friday 29 January 1982382,676 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, January 29, 1982, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 18.6% of its visible face lit, 4.3 days after the new moon and growing each night.

18.6%Illumination at noon UTC
4.3 dMoon age
382,676 km237,784 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (0°)
31.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 29, 1982 is on Monday, February 8, 1982 at 07:57 UTC, 10 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, January 25, 1982 at 04:56 UTC, 4 days earlier.

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

The Moon around January 29

More about this date

Friday, January 29, 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.