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The Moon on Sunday, July 18, 1982: Waning Crescent, 8% lit

Waning · 7.8% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 23°

Moon age

27.0days

Moon phase on July 18, 1982Waning Crescent

Sunday 18 July 1982360,404 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, July 18, 1982, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 7.8% of its visible face lit, 27.0 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

7.8%Illumination at noon UTC
27.0 dMoon age
360,404 km223,945 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (23°)
33.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 18, 1982 is on Tuesday, July 6, 1982 at 07:32 UTC, 12 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, July 20, 1982 at 18:57 UTC, 2 days later.

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

The Moon around July 18

More about this date

Sunday, July 18, 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.