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The Moon on Friday, October 1, 1982: Waxing Gibbous, 97% lit

Waxing · 97.1% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 18°

Moon age

14.0days

Moon phase on October 1, 1982Waxing Gibbous

Friday 1 October 1982387,892 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, October 1, 1982, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 97.1% of its visible face lit, 14.0 days after the new moon and growing each night.

97.1%Illumination at noon UTC
14.0 dMoon age
387,892 km241,025 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (19°)
30.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 1, 1982 is on Sunday, October 3, 1982 at 01:09 UTC, 2 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, September 17, 1982 at 12:09 UTC, 14 days earlier.

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

The Moon around October 1

More about this date

Friday, October 1, 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.