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The Moon on Friday, May 7, 1982: Waxing Gibbous, 100% lit

Waxing · 99.6% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 10°

Moon age

13.6days

Moon phase on May 7, 1982Waxing Gibbous

Friday 7 May 1982399,312 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, May 7, 1982, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 99.6% of its visible face lit, 13.6 days after the new moon and growing each night.

99.6%Illumination at noon UTC
13.6 dMoon age
399,312 km248,121 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (11°)
29.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 7, 1982 is on Saturday, May 8, 1982 at 00:45 UTC, 1 day later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, April 23, 1982 at 20:29 UTC, 14 days earlier.

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

The Moon around May 7

More about this date

Friday, May 7, 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.