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The Moon on Sunday, September 12, 1982: Waning Crescent, 30% lit

Waning · 30.2% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 12°

Moon age

24.4days

Moon phase on September 12, 1982Waning Crescent

Sunday 12 September 1982368,155 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, September 12, 1982, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 30.2% of its visible face lit, 24.4 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

30.2%Illumination at noon UTC
24.4 dMoon age
368,155 km228,761 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (13°)
32.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

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

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Friday, September 10, 198217:19
New Moon (after)Friday, September 17, 198212:09

The Moon around September 12

More about this date

Sunday, September 12, 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.