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The Moon on Tuesday, April 20, 1982: Waning Crescent, 14% lit

Waning · 14.1% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 16°

Moon age

26.1days

Moon phase on April 20, 1982Waning Crescent

Tuesday 20 April 1982381,641 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, April 20, 1982, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 14.1% of its visible face lit, 26.1 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

14.1%Illumination at noon UTC
26.1 dMoon age
381,641 km237,141 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (16°)
31.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 20, 1982 is on Thursday, April 8, 1982 at 10:19 UTC, 12 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, April 23, 1982 at 20:29 UTC, 3 days later.

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

The Moon around April 20

More about this date

Tuesday, April 20, 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.