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The Moon on Sunday, February 21, 1982: Waning Crescent, 6% lit

Waning · 5.9% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 04°

Moon age

27.3days

Moon phase on February 21, 1982Waning Crescent

Sunday 21 February 1982395,470 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, February 21, 1982, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 5.9% of its visible face lit, 27.3 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

5.9%Illumination at noon UTC
27.3 dMoon age
395,470 km245,734 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (5°)
30.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to February 21, 1982 is on Monday, February 8, 1982 at 07:57 UTC, 13 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, February 23, 1982 at 21:13 UTC, 2 days later.

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

The Moon around February 21

More about this date

Sunday, February 21, 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.