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The Moon on Monday, August 30, 1982: Waxing Gibbous, 85% lit

Waxing · 85.1% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 21°

Moon age

11.4days

Moon phase on August 30, 1982Waxing Gibbous

Monday 30 August 1982403,447 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, August 30, 1982, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 85.1% of its visible face lit, 11.4 days after the new moon and growing each night.

85.1%Illumination at noon UTC
11.4 dMoon age
403,447 km250,690 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (21°)
29.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 30, 1982 is on Friday, September 3, 1982 at 12:28 UTC, 4 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, August 19, 1982 at 02:45 UTC, 11 days earlier.

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

The Moon around August 30

More about this date

Monday, August 30, 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.