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The Moon on Friday, April 2, 1982: Waxing Gibbous, 64% lit

Waxing · 64.4% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 29°

Moon age

8.1days

Moon phase on April 2, 1982Waxing Gibbous

Friday 2 April 1982373,649 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, April 2, 1982, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 64.4% of its visible face lit, 8.1 days after the new moon and growing each night.

64.4%Illumination at noon UTC
8.1 dMoon age
373,649 km232,175 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (29°)
32.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 2, 1982 is on Thursday, April 8, 1982 at 10:19 UTC, 6 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, March 25, 1982 at 10:18 UTC, 8 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Thursday, April 1, 198205:08
Full Moon (after)Thursday, April 8, 198210:19

The Moon around April 2

More about this date

Friday, April 2, 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.