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The Moon on Tuesday, February 23, 1982: New Moon, 0% lit

Waning · 0.2% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 29°

New Moon at

21:13UTC

Moon phase on February 23, 1982New Moon

Tuesday 23 February 1982387,685 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, February 23, 1982, the Moon was a New Moon: 0.2% of its visible face lit, 29.3 days after the new moon and between the Earth and the Sun, so it is not visible. The exact New Moon happened at .

0.2%Illumination at noon UTC
29.3 dMoon age
387,685 km240,896 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (30°)
30.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
NewDark side faces Earth

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to February 23, 1982 is on Tuesday, March 9, 1982 at 20:45 UTC, 14 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, February 23, 1982 at 21:13 UTC, the same day.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Monday, February 15, 198220:21
New Moon (this day)Tuesday, February 23, 198221:13
First Quarter (after)Tuesday, March 2, 198222:15

The Moon around February 23

More about this date

Tuesday, February 23, 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.