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The Moon on Saturday, April 3, 1982: Waxing Gibbous, 75% lit

Waxing · 74.6% lit · ♌︎ Leo 12°

Moon age

9.1days

Moon phase on April 3, 1982Waxing Gibbous

Saturday 3 April 1982376,146 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, April 3, 1982, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 74.6% of its visible face lit, 9.1 days after the new moon and growing each night.

74.6%Illumination at noon UTC
9.1 dMoon age
376,146 km233,726 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (13°)
31.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 3, 1982 is on Thursday, April 8, 1982 at 10:19 UTC, 5 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, March 25, 1982 at 10:18 UTC, 9 days earlier.

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

The Moon around April 3

More about this date

Saturday, April 3, 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.