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The Moon on Friday, October 8, 1982: Waning Gibbous, 67% lit

Waning · 66.7% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 25°

Moon age

21.0days

Moon phase on October 8, 1982Waning Gibbous

Friday 8 October 1982369,969 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, October 8, 1982, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 66.7% of its visible face lit, 21.0 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

66.7%Illumination at noon UTC
21.0 dMoon age
369,969 km229,888 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (25°)
32.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 8, 1982 is on Sunday, October 3, 1982 at 01:09 UTC, 5 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, October 17, 1982 at 00:04 UTC, 9 days later.

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

The Moon around October 8

More about this date

Friday, October 8, 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.