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The Moon on Saturday, May 29, 1982: First Quarter, 46% lit

Waxing · 46.4% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 03°

First Quarter at

20:07UTC

Moon phase on May 29, 1982First Quarter

Saturday 29 May 1982378,097 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, May 29, 1982, the Moon was a First Quarter: 46.4% of its visible face lit, 6.3 days after the new moon and growing each night. The exact First Quarter happened at .

46.4%Illumination at noon UTC
6.3 dMoon age
378,097 km234,939 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (4°)
31.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 29, 1982 is on Sunday, June 6, 1982 at 16:00 UTC, 8 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, May 23, 1982 at 04:40 UTC, 6 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Sunday, May 23, 198204:40
First Quarter (this day)Saturday, May 29, 198220:07
Full Moon (after)Sunday, June 6, 198216:00

The Moon around May 29

More about this date

Saturday, May 29, 1982 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of May 23, 1982 to the new moon of June 21, 1982, a cycle of 29.30 days.