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The Moon on Friday, April 30, 1982: First Quarter, 50% lit

Waxing · 50.1% lit · ♌︎ Leo 09°

First Quarter at

12:07UTC

Moon phase on April 30, 1982First Quarter

Friday 30 April 1982374,234 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, April 30, 1982, the Moon was a First Quarter: 50.1% of its visible face lit, 6.6 days after the new moon and growing each night. The exact First Quarter happened at .

50.1%Illumination at noon UTC
6.6 dMoon age
374,234 km232,538 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (10°)
31.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 30, 1982 is on Saturday, May 8, 1982 at 00:45 UTC, 8 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, April 23, 1982 at 20:29 UTC, 7 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Friday, April 23, 198220:29
First Quarter (this day)Friday, April 30, 198212:07
Full Moon (after)Saturday, May 8, 198200:45

The Moon around April 30

More about this date

Friday, April 30, 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.