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The Moon on Thursday, April 1, 1982: First Quarter, 53% lit

Waxing · 53.4% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 15°

First Quarter at

05:08UTC

Moon phase on April 1, 1982First Quarter

Thursday 1 April 1982371,458 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, April 1, 1982, the Moon was a First Quarter: 53.4% of its visible face lit, 7.1 days after the new moon and growing each night. The exact First Quarter happened at .

53.4%Illumination at noon UTC
7.1 dMoon age
371,458 km230,813 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (15°)
32.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 1, 1982 is on Thursday, April 8, 1982 at 10:19 UTC, 7 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, March 25, 1982 at 10:18 UTC, 7 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Thursday, March 25, 198210:18
First Quarter (this day)Thursday, April 1, 198205:08
Full Moon (after)Thursday, April 8, 198210:19

The Moon around April 1

More about this date

Thursday, April 1, 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.