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The Moon on Sunday, April 18, 1982: Waning Crescent, 31% lit

Waning · 31.3% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 20°

Moon age

24.1days

Moon phase on April 18, 1982Waning Crescent

Sunday 18 April 1982392,663 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, April 18, 1982, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 31.3% of its visible face lit, 24.1 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

31.3%Illumination at noon UTC
24.1 dMoon age
392,663 km243,989 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (20°)
30.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 18, 1982 is on Thursday, April 8, 1982 at 10:19 UTC, 10 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, April 23, 1982 at 20:29 UTC, 5 days later.

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

The Moon around April 18

More about this date

Sunday, April 18, 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.