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The Moon on Thursday, September 2, 1982: Waxing Gibbous, 99% lit

Waxing · 98.8% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 27°

Moon age

14.4days

Moon phase on September 2, 1982Waxing Gibbous

Thursday 2 September 1982395,664 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, September 2, 1982, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 98.8% of its visible face lit, 14.4 days after the new moon and growing each night.

98.8%Illumination at noon UTC
14.4 dMoon age
395,664 km245,854 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (28°)
30.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to September 2, 1982 is on Friday, September 3, 1982 at 12:28 UTC, 1 day later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, August 19, 1982 at 02:45 UTC, 14 days earlier.

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

The Moon around September 2

More about this date

Thursday, September 2, 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.