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The Moon on Tuesday, July 20, 1982: New Moon, 0% lit

Waning · 0.1% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 23°

New Moon at

18:57UTC

Moon phase on July 20, 1982New Moon

Tuesday 20 July 1982359,037 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, July 20, 1982, the Moon was a New Moon: 0.1% of its visible face lit, 29.0 days after the new moon and between the Earth and the Sun, so it is not visible. The exact New Moon happened at .

0.1%Illumination at noon UTC
29.0 dMoon age
359,037 km223,095 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (23°)
33.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
NewDark side faces Earth

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 20, 1982 is on Tuesday, July 6, 1982 at 07:32 UTC, 14 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, July 20, 1982 at 18:57 UTC, the same day.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Wednesday, July 14, 198203:47
New Moon (this day)Tuesday, July 20, 198218:57
First Quarter (after)Tuesday, July 27, 198218:22

The Moon around July 20

More about this date

Tuesday, July 20, 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.