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The Moon on Tuesday, May 4, 1982: Waxing Gibbous, 88% lit

Waxing · 87.8% lit · ♎︎ Libra 02°

Moon age

10.6days

Moon phase on May 4, 1982Waxing Gibbous

Tuesday 4 May 1982389,933 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, May 4, 1982, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 87.8% of its visible face lit, 10.6 days after the new moon and growing each night.

87.8%Illumination at noon UTC
10.6 dMoon age
389,933 km242,293 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (3°)
30.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

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

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

The Moon around May 4

More about this date

Tuesday, May 4, 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.