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The Moon on Saturday, September 18, 1982: Waxing Crescent, 1% lit

Waxing · 1.4% lit · ♎︎ Libra 07°

Moon age

1.0days

Moon phase on September 18, 1982Waxing Crescent

Saturday 18 September 1982378,863 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, September 18, 1982, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 1.4% of its visible face lit, 1.0 days after the new moon and growing each night.

1.4%Illumination at noon UTC
1.0 dMoon age
378,863 km235,414 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (8°)
31.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to September 18, 1982 is on Sunday, October 3, 1982 at 01:09 UTC, 15 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, September 17, 1982 at 12:09 UTC, 1 day earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Friday, September 17, 198212:09
First Quarter (after)Saturday, September 25, 198204:07

The Moon around September 18

More about this date

Saturday, September 18, 1982 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of September 17, 1982 to the new moon of October 17, 1982, a cycle of 29.50 days.