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The Moon on Sunday, August 1, 1982: Waxing Gibbous, 90% lit

Waxing · 89.6% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 01°

Moon age

11.7days

Moon phase on August 1, 1982Waxing Gibbous

Sunday 1 August 1982405,539 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, August 1, 1982, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 89.6% of its visible face lit, 11.7 days after the new moon and growing each night.

89.6%Illumination at noon UTC
11.7 dMoon age
405,539 km251,990 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (1°)
29.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 1, 1982 is on Wednesday, August 4, 1982 at 22:34 UTC, 3 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, July 20, 1982 at 18:57 UTC, 12 days earlier.

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

The Moon around August 1

More about this date

Sunday, August 1, 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.