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The Moon on Sunday, September 26, 1982: Waxing Gibbous, 63% lit

Waxing · 62.5% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 17°

Moon age

9.0days

Moon phase on September 26, 1982Waxing Gibbous

Sunday 26 September 1982403,787 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, September 26, 1982, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 62.5% of its visible face lit, 9.0 days after the new moon and growing each night.

62.5%Illumination at noon UTC
9.0 dMoon age
403,787 km250,902 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (17°)
29.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to September 26, 1982 is on Sunday, October 3, 1982 at 01:09 UTC, 7 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, September 17, 1982 at 12:09 UTC, 9 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Saturday, September 25, 198204:07
Full Moon (after)Sunday, October 3, 198201:09

The Moon around September 26

More about this date

Sunday, September 26, 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.