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The Moon on Thursday, September 16, 1982: Waning Crescent, 1% lit

Waning · 1.5% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 10°

Moon age

28.4days

Moon phase on September 16, 1982Waning Crescent

Thursday 16 September 1982371,365 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, September 16, 1982, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 1.5% of its visible face lit, 28.4 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

1.5%Illumination at noon UTC
28.4 dMoon age
371,365 km230,756 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (10°)
32.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to September 16, 1982 is on Friday, September 3, 1982 at 12:28 UTC, 13 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, September 17, 1982 at 12:09 UTC, 1 day later.

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

The Moon around September 16

More about this date

Thursday, September 16, 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.