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The Moon on Saturday, January 30, 1982: Waxing Crescent, 28% lit

Waxing · 27.6% lit · ♈︎ Aries 13°

Moon age

5.3days

Moon phase on January 30, 1982Waxing Crescent

Saturday 30 January 1982379,308 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, January 30, 1982, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 27.6% of its visible face lit, 5.3 days after the new moon and growing each night.

27.6%Illumination at noon UTC
5.3 dMoon age
379,308 km235,691 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (13°)
31.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 30, 1982 is on Monday, February 8, 1982 at 07:57 UTC, 9 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, January 25, 1982 at 04:56 UTC, 5 days earlier.

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

The Moon around January 30

More about this date

Saturday, January 30, 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.