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The Moon on Sunday, March 21, 1982: Waning Crescent, 17% lit

Waning · 16.7% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 12°

Moon age

25.6days

Moon phase on March 21, 1982Waning Crescent

Sunday 21 March 1982393,265 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, March 21, 1982, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 16.7% of its visible face lit, 25.6 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

16.7%Illumination at noon UTC
25.6 dMoon age
393,265 km244,364 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (12°)
30.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 21, 1982 is on Tuesday, March 9, 1982 at 20:45 UTC, 12 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, March 25, 1982 at 10:18 UTC, 4 days later.

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

The Moon around March 21

More about this date

Sunday, March 21, 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.