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The Moon on Thursday, July 15, 1982: Waning Crescent, 35% lit

Waning · 35.4% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 09°

Moon age

24.0days

Moon phase on July 15, 1982Waning Crescent

Thursday 15 July 1982372,812 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, July 15, 1982, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 35.4% of its visible face lit, 24.0 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

35.4%Illumination at noon UTC
24.0 dMoon age
372,812 km231,655 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (10°)
32.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 15, 1982 is on Tuesday, July 6, 1982 at 07:32 UTC, 9 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, July 20, 1982 at 18:57 UTC, 5 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Wednesday, July 14, 198203:47
New Moon (after)Tuesday, July 20, 198218:57

The Moon around July 15

More about this date

Thursday, July 15, 1982 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of June 21, 1982 to the new moon of July 20, 1982, a cycle of 29.30 days.