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The Moon on Thursday, August 19, 1982: New Moon, 0% lit

Waxing · 0.3% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 01°

New Moon at

02:45UTC

Moon phase on August 19, 1982New Moon

Thursday 19 August 1982366,787 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, August 19, 1982, the Moon was a New Moon: 0.3% of its visible face lit, 29.7 days after the new moon and between the Earth and the Sun, so it is not visible. The exact New Moon happened at .

0.3%Illumination at noon UTC
29.7 dMoon age
366,787 km227,911 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (1°)
32.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
NewDark side faces Earth

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 19, 1982 is on Wednesday, August 4, 1982 at 22:34 UTC, 15 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, August 19, 1982 at 02:45 UTC, the same day.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Thursday, August 12, 198211:09
New Moon (this day)Thursday, August 19, 198202:45
First Quarter (after)Thursday, August 26, 198209:50

The Moon around August 19

More about this date

Thursday, August 19, 1982 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of August 19, 1982 to the new moon of September 17, 1982, a cycle of 29.39 days.