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The Moon on Thursday, September 23, 1982: Waxing Crescent, 34% lit

Waxing · 34.5% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 11°

Moon age

6.0days

Moon phase on September 23, 1982Waxing Crescent

Thursday 23 September 1982400,792 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, September 23, 1982, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 34.5% of its visible face lit, 6.0 days after the new moon and growing each night.

34.5%Illumination at noon UTC
6.0 dMoon age
400,792 km249,041 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (12°)
29.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to September 23, 1982 is on Sunday, October 3, 1982 at 01:09 UTC, 10 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, September 17, 1982 at 12:09 UTC, 6 days earlier.

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

The Moon around September 23

More about this date

Thursday, September 23, 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.