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The Moon on Wednesday, September 8, 1982: Waning Gibbous, 74% lit

Waning · 74.1% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 16°

Moon age

20.4days

Moon phase on September 8, 1982Waning Gibbous

Wednesday 8 September 1982376,203 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, September 8, 1982, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 74.1% of its visible face lit, 20.4 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

74.1%Illumination at noon UTC
20.4 dMoon age
376,203 km233,761 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (17°)
31.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to September 8, 1982 is on Friday, September 3, 1982 at 12:28 UTC, 5 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, September 17, 1982 at 12:09 UTC, 9 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Friday, September 3, 198212:28
Last Quarter (after)Friday, September 10, 198217:19

The Moon around September 8

More about this date

Wednesday, September 8, 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.