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The Moon on Saturday, July 24, 1982: Waxing Crescent, 18% lit

Waxing · 18.3% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 21°

Moon age

3.7days

Moon phase on July 24, 1982Waxing Crescent

Saturday 24 July 1982375,496 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, July 24, 1982, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 18.3% of its visible face lit, 3.7 days after the new moon and growing each night.

18.3%Illumination at noon UTC
3.7 dMoon age
375,496 km233,322 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (22°)
31.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 24, 1982 is on Wednesday, August 4, 1982 at 22:34 UTC, 11 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, July 20, 1982 at 18:57 UTC, 4 days earlier.

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

The Moon around July 24

More about this date

Saturday, July 24, 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.