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The Moon on Thursday, April 15, 1982: Waning Gibbous, 60% lit

Waning · 59.9% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 13°

Moon age

21.1days

Moon phase on April 15, 1982Waning Gibbous

Thursday 15 April 1982403,314 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, April 15, 1982, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 59.9% of its visible face lit, 21.1 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

59.9%Illumination at noon UTC
21.1 dMoon age
403,314 km250,608 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (14°)
29.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 15, 1982 is on Thursday, April 8, 1982 at 10:19 UTC, 7 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, April 23, 1982 at 20:29 UTC, 8 days later.

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

The Moon around April 15

More about this date

Thursday, April 15, 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.