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The Moon on Wednesday, April 21, 1982: Waning Crescent, 7% lit

Waning · 7.5% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 29°

Moon age

27.1days

Moon phase on April 21, 1982Waning Crescent

Wednesday 21 April 1982376,029 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, April 21, 1982, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 7.5% of its visible face lit, 27.1 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

7.5%Illumination at noon UTC
27.1 dMoon age
376,029 km233,654 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (30°)
31.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 21, 1982 is on Thursday, April 8, 1982 at 10:19 UTC, 13 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, April 23, 1982 at 20:29 UTC, 2 days later.

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

The Moon around April 21

More about this date

Wednesday, April 21, 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.