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The Moon on Monday, May 17, 1982: Waning Crescent, 37% lit

Waning · 37.2% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 11°

Moon age

23.6days

Moon phase on May 17, 1982Waning Crescent

Monday 17 May 1982387,686 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, May 17, 1982, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 37.2% of its visible face lit, 23.6 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

37.2%Illumination at noon UTC
23.6 dMoon age
387,686 km240,897 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (11°)
30.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 17, 1982 is on Saturday, May 8, 1982 at 00:45 UTC, 9 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, May 23, 1982 at 04:40 UTC, 6 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Sunday, May 16, 198205:11
New Moon (after)Sunday, May 23, 198204:40

The Moon around May 17

More about this date

Monday, May 17, 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.