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The Moon on Wednesday, September 22, 1982: Waxing Crescent, 26% lit

Waxing · 25.6% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 29°

Moon age

5.0days

Moon phase on September 22, 1982Waxing Crescent

Wednesday 22 September 1982397,444 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, September 22, 1982, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 25.6% of its visible face lit, 5.0 days after the new moon and growing each night.

25.6%Illumination at noon UTC
5.0 dMoon age
397,444 km246,960 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (30°)
30.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to September 22, 1982 is on Sunday, October 3, 1982 at 01:09 UTC, 11 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, September 17, 1982 at 12:09 UTC, 5 days earlier.

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

The Moon around September 22

More about this date

Wednesday, September 22, 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.