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The Moon on Thursday, April 29, 1982: Waxing Crescent, 39% lit

Waxing · 38.8% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 25°

Moon age

5.6days

Moon phase on April 29, 1982Waxing Crescent

Thursday 29 April 1982370,370 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, April 29, 1982, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 38.8% of its visible face lit, 5.6 days after the new moon and growing each night.

38.8%Illumination at noon UTC
5.6 dMoon age
370,370 km230,137 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (26°)
32.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 29, 1982 is on Saturday, May 8, 1982 at 00:45 UTC, 9 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, April 23, 1982 at 20:29 UTC, 6 days earlier.

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

The Moon around April 29

More about this date

Thursday, April 29, 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.