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The Moon on Friday, September 24, 1982: Waxing Crescent, 44% lit

Waxing · 43.8% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 23°

Moon age

7.0days

Moon phase on September 24, 1982Waxing Crescent

Friday 24 September 1982403,046 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, September 24, 1982, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 43.8% of its visible face lit, 7.0 days after the new moon and growing each night.

43.8%Illumination at noon UTC
7.0 dMoon age
403,046 km250,441 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (24°)
29.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to September 24, 1982 is on Sunday, October 3, 1982 at 01:09 UTC, 9 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, September 17, 1982 at 12:09 UTC, 7 days earlier.

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

The Moon around September 24

More about this date

Friday, September 24, 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.