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The Moon on Wednesday, October 6, 1982: Waning Gibbous, 86% lit

Waning · 85.7% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 27°

Moon age

19.0days

Moon phase on October 6, 1982Waning Gibbous

Wednesday 6 October 1982371,766 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, October 6, 1982, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 85.7% of its visible face lit, 19.0 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

85.7%Illumination at noon UTC
19.0 dMoon age
371,766 km231,005 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (27°)
32.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 6, 1982 is on Sunday, October 3, 1982 at 01:09 UTC, 3 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, October 17, 1982 at 00:04 UTC, 11 days later.

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

The Moon around October 6

More about this date

Wednesday, October 6, 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.