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The Moon on Thursday, August 5, 1982: Waning Gibbous, 100% lit

Waning · 99.6% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 19°

Moon age

15.7days

Moon phase on August 5, 1982Waning Gibbous

Thursday 5 August 1982399,427 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, August 5, 1982, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 99.6% of its visible face lit, 15.7 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

99.6%Illumination at noon UTC
15.7 dMoon age
399,427 km248,192 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (19°)
29.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 5, 1982 is on Wednesday, August 4, 1982 at 22:34 UTC, 1 day earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, August 19, 1982 at 02:45 UTC, 14 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Wednesday, August 4, 198222:34
Last Quarter (after)Thursday, August 12, 198211:09

The Moon around August 5

More about this date

Thursday, August 5, 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.