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The Moon on Saturday, July 17, 1982: Waning Crescent, 15% lit

Waning · 15.4% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 08°

Moon age

26.0days

Moon phase on July 17, 1982Waning Crescent

Saturday 17 July 1982363,517 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, July 17, 1982, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 15.4% of its visible face lit, 26.0 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

15.4%Illumination at noon UTC
26.0 dMoon age
363,517 km225,879 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (8°)
32.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 17, 1982 is on Tuesday, July 6, 1982 at 07:32 UTC, 11 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, July 20, 1982 at 18:57 UTC, 3 days later.

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

The Moon around July 17

More about this date

Saturday, July 17, 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.