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The Moon on Saturday, February 20, 1982: Waning Crescent, 11% lit

Waning · 11.4% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 22°

Moon age

26.3days

Moon phase on February 20, 1982Waning Crescent

Saturday 20 February 1982398,958 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, February 20, 1982, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 11.4% of its visible face lit, 26.3 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

11.4%Illumination at noon UTC
26.3 dMoon age
398,958 km247,901 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (22°)
29.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to February 20, 1982 is on Monday, February 8, 1982 at 07:57 UTC, 12 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, February 23, 1982 at 21:13 UTC, 3 days later.

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

The Moon around February 20

More about this date

Saturday, February 20, 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.