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The Moon on Tuesday, March 23, 1982: Waning Crescent, 5% lit

Waning · 4.6% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 08°

Moon age

27.6days

Moon phase on March 23, 1982Waning Crescent

Tuesday 23 March 1982383,629 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, March 23, 1982, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 4.6% of its visible face lit, 27.6 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

4.6%Illumination at noon UTC
27.6 dMoon age
383,629 km238,376 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (8°)
31.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 23, 1982 is on Tuesday, March 9, 1982 at 20:45 UTC, 14 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, March 25, 1982 at 10:18 UTC, 2 days later.

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

The Moon around March 23

More about this date

Tuesday, March 23, 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.