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The Moon on Thursday, March 4, 1982: Waxing Gibbous, 68% lit

Waxing · 67.7% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 04°

Moon age

8.6days

Moon phase on March 4, 1982Waxing Gibbous

Thursday 4 March 1982369,903 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, March 4, 1982, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 67.7% of its visible face lit, 8.6 days after the new moon and growing each night.

67.7%Illumination at noon UTC
8.6 dMoon age
369,903 km229,847 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (4°)
32.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 4, 1982 is on Tuesday, March 9, 1982 at 20:45 UTC, 5 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, February 23, 1982 at 21:13 UTC, 9 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Tuesday, March 2, 198222:15
Full Moon (after)Tuesday, March 9, 198220:45

The Moon around March 4

More about this date

Thursday, March 4, 1982 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of February 23, 1982 to the new moon of March 25, 1982, a cycle of 29.54 days.