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The Moon on Wednesday, April 7, 1982: Waxing Gibbous, 99% lit

Waxing · 98.9% lit · ♎︎ Libra 06°

Moon age

13.1days

Moon phase on April 7, 1982Waxing Gibbous

Wednesday 7 April 1982388,563 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, April 7, 1982, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 98.9% of its visible face lit, 13.1 days after the new moon and growing each night.

98.9%Illumination at noon UTC
13.1 dMoon age
388,563 km241,442 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (6°)
30.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 7, 1982 is on Thursday, April 8, 1982 at 10:19 UTC, 1 day later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, March 25, 1982 at 10:18 UTC, 13 days earlier.

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

The Moon around April 7

More about this date

Wednesday, April 7, 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.