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The Moon on Thursday, March 18, 1982: Waning Crescent, 43% lit

Waning · 42.8% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 06°

Moon age

22.6days

Moon phase on March 18, 1982Waning Crescent

Thursday 18 March 1982403,112 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, March 18, 1982, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 42.8% of its visible face lit, 22.6 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

42.8%Illumination at noon UTC
22.6 dMoon age
403,112 km250,482 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (6°)
29.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 18, 1982 is on Tuesday, March 9, 1982 at 20:45 UTC, 9 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, March 25, 1982 at 10:18 UTC, 7 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Wednesday, March 17, 198217:15
New Moon (after)Thursday, March 25, 198210:18

The Moon around March 18

More about this date

Thursday, March 18, 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.