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The Moon on Sunday, August 29, 1982: Waxing Gibbous, 78% lit

Waxing · 77.8% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 09°

Moon age

10.4days

Moon phase on August 29, 1982Waxing Gibbous

Sunday 29 August 1982404,508 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, August 29, 1982, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 77.8% of its visible face lit, 10.4 days after the new moon and growing each night.

77.8%Illumination at noon UTC
10.4 dMoon age
404,508 km251,349 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (9°)
29.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 29, 1982 is on Friday, September 3, 1982 at 12:28 UTC, 5 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, August 19, 1982 at 02:45 UTC, 10 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Thursday, August 26, 198209:50
Full Moon (after)Friday, September 3, 198212:28

The Moon around August 29

More about this date

Sunday, August 29, 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.