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The Moon on Sunday, August 22, 1982: Waxing Crescent, 14% lit

Waxing · 14.4% lit · ♎︎ Libra 13°

Moon age

3.4days

Moon phase on August 22, 1982Waxing Crescent

Sunday 22 August 1982381,615 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, August 22, 1982, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 14.4% of its visible face lit, 3.4 days after the new moon and growing each night.

14.4%Illumination at noon UTC
3.4 dMoon age
381,615 km237,124 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (13°)
31.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 22, 1982 is on Friday, September 3, 1982 at 12:28 UTC, 12 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, August 19, 1982 at 02:45 UTC, 3 days earlier.

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

The Moon around August 22

More about this date

Sunday, August 22, 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.