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The Moon on Friday, July 16, 1982: Waning Crescent, 25% lit

Waning · 24.9% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 23°

Moon age

25.0days

Moon phase on July 16, 1982Waning Crescent

Friday 16 July 1982367,798 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, July 16, 1982, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 24.9% of its visible face lit, 25.0 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

24.9%Illumination at noon UTC
25.0 dMoon age
367,798 km228,539 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (24°)
32.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 16, 1982 is on Tuesday, July 6, 1982 at 07:32 UTC, 10 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, July 20, 1982 at 18:57 UTC, 4 days later.

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

The Moon around July 16

More about this date

Friday, July 16, 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.