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The Moon on Sunday, August 8, 1982: Waning Gibbous, 88% lit

Waning · 87.7% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 26°

Moon age

18.7days

Moon phase on August 8, 1982Waning Gibbous

Sunday 8 August 1982390,025 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, August 8, 1982, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 87.7% of its visible face lit, 18.7 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

87.7%Illumination at noon UTC
18.7 dMoon age
390,025 km242,350 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (27°)
30.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 8, 1982 is on Wednesday, August 4, 1982 at 22:34 UTC, 4 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, August 19, 1982 at 02:45 UTC, 11 days later.

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

The Moon around August 8

More about this date

Sunday, August 8, 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.