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The Moon on Friday, April 9, 1982: Waning Gibbous, 99% lit

Waning · 98.6% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 01°

Moon age

15.1days

Moon phase on April 9, 1982Waning Gibbous

Friday 9 April 1982395,493 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, April 9, 1982, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 98.6% of its visible face lit, 15.1 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

98.6%Illumination at noon UTC
15.1 dMoon age
395,493 km245,748 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (2°)
30.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 9, 1982 is on Thursday, April 8, 1982 at 10:19 UTC, 1 day earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, April 23, 1982 at 20:29 UTC, 14 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Thursday, April 8, 198210:19
Last Quarter (after)Friday, April 16, 198212:42

The Moon around April 9

More about this date

Friday, April 9, 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.