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The Moon on Saturday, May 1, 1982: Waxing Gibbous, 61% lit

Waxing · 61.0% lit · ♌︎ Leo 23°

Moon age

7.6days

Moon phase on May 1, 1982Waxing Gibbous

Saturday 1 May 1982378,292 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, May 1, 1982, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 61.0% of its visible face lit, 7.6 days after the new moon and growing each night.

61.0%Illumination at noon UTC
7.6 dMoon age
378,292 km235,060 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (23°)
31.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 1, 1982 is on Saturday, May 8, 1982 at 00:45 UTC, 7 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, April 23, 1982 at 20:29 UTC, 8 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Friday, April 30, 198212:07
Full Moon (after)Saturday, May 8, 198200:45

The Moon around May 1

More about this date

Saturday, May 1, 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.