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The Moon on Friday, March 26, 1982: Waxing Crescent, 2% lit

Waxing · 1.7% lit · ♈︎ Aries 19°

Moon age

1.1days

Moon phase on March 26, 1982Waxing Crescent

Friday 26 March 1982371,544 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, March 26, 1982, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 1.7% of its visible face lit, 1.1 days after the new moon and growing each night.

1.7%Illumination at noon UTC
1.1 dMoon age
371,544 km230,866 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (20°)
32.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 26, 1982 is on Thursday, April 8, 1982 at 10:19 UTC, 13 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, March 25, 1982 at 10:18 UTC, 1 day earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Thursday, March 25, 198210:18
First Quarter (after)Thursday, April 1, 198205:08

The Moon around March 26

More about this date

Friday, March 26, 1982 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of March 25, 1982 to the new moon of April 23, 1982, a cycle of 29.42 days.