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The Moon on Friday, August 6, 1982: Waning Gibbous, 98% lit

Waning · 97.5% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 01°

Moon age

16.7days

Moon phase on August 6, 1982Waning Gibbous

Friday 6 August 1982396,619 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, August 6, 1982, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 97.5% of its visible face lit, 16.7 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

97.5%Illumination at noon UTC
16.7 dMoon age
396,619 km246,448 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (1°)
30.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 6, 1982 is on Wednesday, August 4, 1982 at 22:34 UTC, 2 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, August 19, 1982 at 02:45 UTC, 13 days later.

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

The Moon around August 6

More about this date

Friday, August 6, 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.