Skip to content
The Moon on Tuesday, October 5, 1982: Waning Gibbous, 93% lit

Waning · 92.6% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 13°

Moon age

18.0days

Moon phase on October 5, 1982Waning Gibbous

Tuesday 5 October 1982373,700 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, October 5, 1982, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 92.6% of its visible face lit, 18.0 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

92.6%Illumination at noon UTC
18.0 dMoon age
373,700 km232,206 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (13°)
32.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 5, 1982 is on Sunday, October 3, 1982 at 01:09 UTC, 2 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, October 17, 1982 at 00:04 UTC, 12 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Sunday, October 3, 198201:09
Last Quarter (after)Saturday, October 9, 198223:26

The Moon around October 5

More about this date

Tuesday, October 5, 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.