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The Moon on Tuesday, April 27, 1982: Waxing Crescent, 18% lit

Waxing · 18.1% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 27°

Moon age

3.6days

Moon phase on April 27, 1982Waxing Crescent

Tuesday 27 April 1982364,354 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, April 27, 1982, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 18.1% of its visible face lit, 3.6 days after the new moon and growing each night.

18.1%Illumination at noon UTC
3.6 dMoon age
364,354 km226,399 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (27°)
32.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 27, 1982 is on Saturday, May 8, 1982 at 00:45 UTC, 11 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, April 23, 1982 at 20:29 UTC, 4 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Friday, April 23, 198220:29
First Quarter (after)Friday, April 30, 198212:07

The Moon around April 27

More about this date

Tuesday, April 27, 1982 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of April 23, 1982 to the new moon of May 23, 1982, a cycle of 29.34 days.