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The Moon on Monday, September 20, 1982: Waxing Crescent, 10% lit

Waxing · 10.4% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 04°

Moon age

3.0days

Moon phase on September 20, 1982Waxing Crescent

Monday 20 September 1982388,496 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, September 20, 1982, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 10.4% of its visible face lit, 3.0 days after the new moon and growing each night.

10.4%Illumination at noon UTC
3.0 dMoon age
388,496 km241,400 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (5°)
30.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to September 20, 1982 is on Sunday, October 3, 1982 at 01:09 UTC, 13 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, September 17, 1982 at 12:09 UTC, 3 days earlier.

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

The Moon around September 20

More about this date

Monday, September 20, 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.