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The Moon on Wednesday, September 15, 1982: Waning Crescent, 5% lit

Waning · 5.4% lit · ♌︎ Leo 25°

Moon age

27.4days

Moon phase on September 15, 1982Waning Crescent

Wednesday 15 September 1982369,039 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, September 15, 1982, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 5.4% of its visible face lit, 27.4 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

5.4%Illumination at noon UTC
27.4 dMoon age
369,039 km229,310 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (26°)
32.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to September 15, 1982 is on Friday, September 3, 1982 at 12:28 UTC, 12 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, September 17, 1982 at 12:09 UTC, 2 days later.

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

The Moon around September 15

More about this date

Wednesday, September 15, 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.