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The Moon on Monday, April 5, 1982: Waxing Gibbous, 91% lit

Waxing · 90.7% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 09°

Moon age

11.1days

Moon phase on April 5, 1982Waxing Gibbous

Monday 5 April 1982381,918 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, April 5, 1982, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 90.7% of its visible face lit, 11.1 days after the new moon and growing each night.

90.7%Illumination at noon UTC
11.1 dMoon age
381,918 km237,313 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (10°)
31.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 5, 1982 is on Thursday, April 8, 1982 at 10:19 UTC, 3 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, March 25, 1982 at 10:18 UTC, 11 days earlier.

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

The Moon around April 5

More about this date

Monday, April 5, 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.