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The Moon on Sunday, October 3, 1982: Full Moon, 100% lit

Waning · 99.6% lit · ♈︎ Aries 15°

Full Moon at

01:09UTC

Moon phase on October 3, 1982Full Moon

Sunday 3 October 1982379,732 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, October 3, 1982, the Moon was a Full Moon: 99.6% of its visible face lit, 16.0 days after the new moon and at its fullest. The exact Full Moon happened at .

99.6%Illumination at noon UTC
16.0 dMoon age
379,732 km235,954 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (16°)
31.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
FullWhole disc lit

Full moon

This is the Harvest Moon, 381,443 km from Earth.

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 3, 1982 is on Sunday, October 3, 1982 at 01:09 UTC, the same day, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, October 17, 1982 at 00:04 UTC, 14 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Saturday, September 25, 198204:07
Full Moon (this day)Sunday, October 3, 198201:09
Last Quarter (after)Saturday, October 9, 198223:26

The Moon around October 3

More about this date

Sunday, October 3, 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.