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The Moon on Thursday, July 29, 1982: Waxing Gibbous, 67% lit

Waxing · 66.8% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 25°

Moon age

8.7days

Moon phase on July 29, 1982Waxing Gibbous

Thursday 29 July 1982401,268 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, July 29, 1982, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 66.8% of its visible face lit, 8.7 days after the new moon and growing each night.

66.8%Illumination at noon UTC
8.7 dMoon age
401,268 km249,336 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (26°)
29.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 29, 1982 is on Wednesday, August 4, 1982 at 22:34 UTC, 6 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, July 20, 1982 at 18:57 UTC, 9 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Tuesday, July 27, 198218:22
Full Moon (after)Wednesday, August 4, 198222:34

The Moon around July 29

More about this date

Thursday, July 29, 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.