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The Moon on Tuesday, August 17, 1982: Waning Crescent, 4% lit

Waning · 3.7% lit · ♌︎ Leo 02°

Moon age

27.7days

Moon phase on August 17, 1982Waning Crescent

Tuesday 17 August 1982362,588 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, August 17, 1982, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 3.7% of its visible face lit, 27.7 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

3.7%Illumination at noon UTC
27.7 dMoon age
362,588 km225,302 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (2°)
32.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 17, 1982 is on Wednesday, August 4, 1982 at 22:34 UTC, 13 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, August 19, 1982 at 02:45 UTC, 2 days later.

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

The Moon around August 17

More about this date

Tuesday, August 17, 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.