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The Moon on Saturday, March 13, 1982: Waning Gibbous, 86% lit

Waning · 86.2% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 06°

Moon age

17.6days

Moon phase on March 13, 1982Waning Gibbous

Saturday 13 March 1982396,193 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, March 13, 1982, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 86.2% of its visible face lit, 17.6 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

86.2%Illumination at noon UTC
17.6 dMoon age
396,193 km246,183 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (6°)
30.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 13, 1982 is on Tuesday, March 9, 1982 at 20:45 UTC, 4 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, March 25, 1982 at 10:18 UTC, 12 days later.

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

The Moon around March 13

More about this date

Saturday, March 13, 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.