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The Moon on Friday, September 17, 1982: New Moon, 0% lit

Waning · 0.2% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 24°

New Moon at

12:09UTC

Moon phase on September 17, 1982New Moon

Friday 17 September 1982374,699 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, September 17, 1982, the Moon was a New Moon: 0.2% of its visible face lit, 29.4 days after the new moon and between the Earth and the Sun, so it is not visible. The exact New Moon happened at .

0.2%Illumination at noon UTC
29.4 dMoon age
374,699 km232,827 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (24°)
31.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
NewDark side faces Earth

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to September 17, 1982 is on Friday, September 3, 1982 at 12:28 UTC, 14 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, September 17, 1982 at 12:09 UTC, the same day.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Friday, September 10, 198217:19
New Moon (this day)Friday, September 17, 198212:09
First Quarter (after)Saturday, September 25, 198204:07

The Moon around September 17

More about this date

Friday, September 17, 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.