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The Moon on Tuesday, February 16, 1982: Waning Crescent, 44% lit

Waning · 44.0% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 04°

Moon age

22.3days

Moon phase on February 16, 1982Waning Crescent

Tuesday 16 February 1982404,087 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, February 16, 1982, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 44.0% of its visible face lit, 22.3 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

44.0%Illumination at noon UTC
22.3 dMoon age
404,087 km251,088 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (5°)
29.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to February 16, 1982 is on Monday, February 8, 1982 at 07:57 UTC, 8 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, February 23, 1982 at 21:13 UTC, 7 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Monday, February 15, 198220:21
New Moon (after)Tuesday, February 23, 198221:13

The Moon around February 16

More about this date

Tuesday, February 16, 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.