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The Moon on Friday, August 13, 1982: Waning Crescent, 38% lit

Waning · 38.5% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 03°

Moon age

23.7days

Moon phase on August 13, 1982Waning Crescent

Friday 13 August 1982370,295 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, August 13, 1982, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 38.5% of its visible face lit, 23.7 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

38.5%Illumination at noon UTC
23.7 dMoon age
370,295 km230,091 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (4°)
32.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 13, 1982 is on Wednesday, August 4, 1982 at 22:34 UTC, 9 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, August 19, 1982 at 02:45 UTC, 6 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Thursday, August 12, 198211:09
New Moon (after)Thursday, August 19, 198202:45

The Moon around August 13

More about this date

Friday, August 13, 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.