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The Moon on Wednesday, September 29, 1982: Waxing Gibbous, 87% lit

Waxing · 86.9% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 23°

Moon age

12.0days

Moon phase on September 29, 1982Waxing Gibbous

Wednesday 29 September 1982396,230 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, September 29, 1982, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 86.9% of its visible face lit, 12.0 days after the new moon and growing each night.

86.9%Illumination at noon UTC
12.0 dMoon age
396,230 km246,206 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (24°)
30.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to September 29, 1982 is on Sunday, October 3, 1982 at 01:09 UTC, 4 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, September 17, 1982 at 12:09 UTC, 12 days earlier.

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

The Moon around September 29

More about this date

Wednesday, September 29, 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.