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The Moon on Friday, July 23, 1982: Waxing Crescent, 10% lit

Waxing · 10.4% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 07°

Moon age

2.7days

Moon phase on July 23, 1982Waxing Crescent

Friday 23 July 1982369,694 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, July 23, 1982, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 10.4% of its visible face lit, 2.7 days after the new moon and growing each night.

10.4%Illumination at noon UTC
2.7 dMoon age
369,694 km229,717 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (8°)
32.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 23, 1982 is on Wednesday, August 4, 1982 at 22:34 UTC, 12 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, July 20, 1982 at 18:57 UTC, 3 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Tuesday, July 20, 198218:57
First Quarter (after)Tuesday, July 27, 198218:22

The Moon around July 23

More about this date

Friday, July 23, 1982 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of July 20, 1982 to the new moon of August 19, 1982, a cycle of 29.33 days.