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The Moon on Saturday, July 31, 1982: Waxing Gibbous, 83% lit

Waxing · 83.1% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 19°

Moon age

10.7days

Moon phase on July 31, 1982Waxing Gibbous

Saturday 31 July 1982405,160 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, July 31, 1982, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 83.1% of its visible face lit, 10.7 days after the new moon and growing each night.

83.1%Illumination at noon UTC
10.7 dMoon age
405,160 km251,755 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (19°)
29.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 31, 1982 is on Wednesday, August 4, 1982 at 22:34 UTC, 4 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, July 20, 1982 at 18:57 UTC, 11 days earlier.

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

The Moon around July 31

More about this date

Saturday, July 31, 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.