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The Moon on Friday, August 20, 1982: Waxing Crescent, 3% lit

Waxing · 2.8% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 15°

Moon age

1.4days

Moon phase on August 20, 1982Waxing Crescent

Friday 20 August 1982370,917 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, August 20, 1982, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 2.8% of its visible face lit, 1.4 days after the new moon and growing each night.

2.8%Illumination at noon UTC
1.4 dMoon age
370,917 km230,477 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (16°)
32.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 20, 1982 is on Friday, September 3, 1982 at 12:28 UTC, 14 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, August 19, 1982 at 02:45 UTC, 1 day earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Thursday, August 19, 198202:45
First Quarter (after)Thursday, August 26, 198209:50

The Moon around August 20

More about this date

Friday, August 20, 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.