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The Moon on Sunday, March 28, 1982: Waxing Crescent, 12% lit

Waxing · 12.2% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 18°

Moon age

3.1days

Moon phase on March 28, 1982Waxing Crescent

Sunday 28 March 1982368,022 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, March 28, 1982, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 12.2% of its visible face lit, 3.1 days after the new moon and growing each night.

12.2%Illumination at noon UTC
3.1 dMoon age
368,022 km228,678 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (18°)
32.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 28, 1982 is on Thursday, April 8, 1982 at 10:19 UTC, 11 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, March 25, 1982 at 10:18 UTC, 3 days earlier.

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

The Moon around March 28

More about this date

Sunday, March 28, 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.