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The Moon on Saturday, April 17, 1982: Waning Crescent, 41% lit

Waning · 40.8% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 07°

Moon age

23.1days

Moon phase on April 17, 1982Waning Crescent

Saturday 17 April 1982397,271 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, April 17, 1982, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 40.8% of its visible face lit, 23.1 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

40.8%Illumination at noon UTC
23.1 dMoon age
397,271 km246,852 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (8°)
30.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 17, 1982 is on Thursday, April 8, 1982 at 10:19 UTC, 9 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, April 23, 1982 at 20:29 UTC, 6 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Friday, April 16, 198212:42
New Moon (after)Friday, April 23, 198220:29

The Moon around April 17

More about this date

Saturday, April 17, 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.