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The Moon on Sunday, January 31, 1982: Waxing Crescent, 38% lit

Waxing · 37.9% lit · ♈︎ Aries 27°

Moon age

6.3days

Moon phase on January 31, 1982Waxing Crescent

Sunday 31 January 1982375,979 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, January 31, 1982, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 37.9% of its visible face lit, 6.3 days after the new moon and growing each night.

37.9%Illumination at noon UTC
6.3 dMoon age
375,979 km233,623 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (27°)
31.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 31, 1982 is on Monday, February 8, 1982 at 07:57 UTC, 8 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, January 25, 1982 at 04:56 UTC, 6 days earlier.

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

The Moon around January 31

More about this date

Sunday, January 31, 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.