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The Moon on Saturday, March 6, 1982: Waxing Gibbous, 87% lit

Waxing · 86.5% lit · ♌︎ Leo 02°

Moon age

10.6days

Moon phase on March 6, 1982Waxing Gibbous

Saturday 6 March 1982371,514 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, March 6, 1982, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 86.5% of its visible face lit, 10.6 days after the new moon and growing each night.

86.5%Illumination at noon UTC
10.6 dMoon age
371,514 km230,848 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (2°)
32.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 6, 1982 is on Tuesday, March 9, 1982 at 20:45 UTC, 3 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, February 23, 1982 at 21:13 UTC, 11 days earlier.

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

The Moon around March 6

More about this date

Saturday, March 6, 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.