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The Moon on Tuesday, May 11, 1982: Waning Gibbous, 89% lit

Waning · 89.4% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 28°

Moon age

17.6days

Moon phase on May 11, 1982Waning Gibbous

Tuesday 11 May 1982405,518 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, May 11, 1982, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 89.4% of its visible face lit, 17.6 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

89.4%Illumination at noon UTC
17.6 dMoon age
405,518 km251,977 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (29°)
29.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 11, 1982 is on Saturday, May 8, 1982 at 00:45 UTC, 3 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, May 23, 1982 at 04:40 UTC, 12 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Saturday, May 8, 198200:45
Last Quarter (after)Sunday, May 16, 198205:11

The Moon around May 11

More about this date

Tuesday, May 11, 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.