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The Moon on Friday, March 12, 1982: Waning Gibbous, 92% lit

Waning · 92.3% lit · ♎︎ Libra 23°

Moon age

16.6days

Moon phase on March 12, 1982Waning Gibbous

Friday 12 March 1982392,088 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, March 12, 1982, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 92.3% of its visible face lit, 16.6 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

92.3%Illumination at noon UTC
16.6 dMoon age
392,088 km243,632 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (24°)
30.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 12, 1982 is on Tuesday, March 9, 1982 at 20:45 UTC, 3 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, March 25, 1982 at 10:18 UTC, 13 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Tuesday, March 9, 198220:45
Last Quarter (after)Wednesday, March 17, 198217:15

The Moon around March 12

More about this date

Friday, March 12, 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.