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The Moon on Friday, April 16, 1982: Last Quarter, 50% lit

Waning · 50.4% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 25°

Last Quarter at

12:42UTC

Moon phase on April 16, 1982Last Quarter

Friday 16 April 1982400,878 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, April 16, 1982, the Moon was a Last Quarter: 50.4% of its visible face lit, 22.1 days after the new moon and shrinking each night. The exact Last Quarter happened at .

50.4%Illumination at noon UTC
22.1 dMoon age
400,878 km249,094 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (26°)
29.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 16, 1982 is on Thursday, April 8, 1982 at 10:19 UTC, 8 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, April 23, 1982 at 20:29 UTC, 7 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Thursday, April 8, 198210:19
Last Quarter (this day)Friday, April 16, 198212:42
New Moon (after)Friday, April 23, 198220:29

The Moon around April 16

More about this date

Friday, April 16, 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.