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The Moon on Saturday, October 9, 1982: Last Quarter, 56% lit

Waning · 55.6% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 09°

Last Quarter at

23:26UTC

Moon phase on October 9, 1982Last Quarter

Saturday 9 October 1982369,955 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, October 9, 1982, the Moon was a Last Quarter: 55.6% of its visible face lit, 22.0 days after the new moon and shrinking each night. The exact Last Quarter happened at .

55.6%Illumination at noon UTC
22.0 dMoon age
369,955 km229,879 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (10°)
32.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 9, 1982 is on Sunday, October 3, 1982 at 01:09 UTC, 6 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, October 17, 1982 at 00:04 UTC, 8 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Sunday, October 3, 198201:09
Last Quarter (this day)Saturday, October 9, 198223:26
New Moon (after)Sunday, October 17, 198200:04

The Moon around October 9

More about this date

Saturday, October 9, 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.