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The Moon on Saturday, March 20, 1982: Waning Crescent, 25% lit

Waning · 24.7% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 00°

Moon age

24.6days

Moon phase on March 20, 1982Waning Crescent

Saturday 20 March 1982397,477 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, March 20, 1982, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 24.7% of its visible face lit, 24.6 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

24.7%Illumination at noon UTC
24.6 dMoon age
397,477 km246,981 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (0°)
30.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 20, 1982 is on Tuesday, March 9, 1982 at 20:45 UTC, 11 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, March 25, 1982 at 10:18 UTC, 5 days later.

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

The Moon around March 20

More about this date

Saturday, March 20, 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.