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The Moon on Wednesday, March 24, 1982: Waning Crescent, 1% lit

Waning · 1.2% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 21°

Moon age

28.6days

Moon phase on March 24, 1982Waning Crescent

Wednesday 24 March 1982378,948 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, March 24, 1982, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 1.2% of its visible face lit, 28.6 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

1.2%Illumination at noon UTC
28.6 dMoon age
378,948 km235,467 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (22°)
31.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 24, 1982 is on Tuesday, March 9, 1982 at 20:45 UTC, 15 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, March 25, 1982 at 10:18 UTC, 1 day later.

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

The Moon around March 24

More about this date

Wednesday, March 24, 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.