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The Moon on Wednesday, August 25, 1982: Waxing Crescent, 41% lit

Waxing · 41.3% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 21°

Moon age

6.4days

Moon phase on August 25, 1982Waxing Crescent

Wednesday 25 August 1982397,223 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, August 25, 1982, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 41.3% of its visible face lit, 6.4 days after the new moon and growing each night.

41.3%Illumination at noon UTC
6.4 dMoon age
397,223 km246,823 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (22°)
30.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 25, 1982 is on Friday, September 3, 1982 at 12:28 UTC, 9 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, August 19, 1982 at 02:45 UTC, 6 days earlier.

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

The Moon around August 25

More about this date

Wednesday, August 25, 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.