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The Moon on Saturday, August 14, 1982: Waning Crescent, 28% lit

Waning · 27.6% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 18°

Moon age

24.7days

Moon phase on August 14, 1982Waning Crescent

Saturday 14 August 1982366,876 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, August 14, 1982, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 27.6% of its visible face lit, 24.7 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

27.6%Illumination at noon UTC
24.7 dMoon age
366,876 km227,966 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (18°)
32.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 14, 1982 is on Wednesday, August 4, 1982 at 22:34 UTC, 10 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, August 19, 1982 at 02:45 UTC, 5 days later.

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

The Moon around August 14

More about this date

Saturday, August 14, 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.