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The Moon on Tuesday, October 12, 1982: Waning Crescent, 23% lit

Waning · 22.9% lit · ♌︎ Leo 21°

Moon age

25.0days

Moon phase on October 12, 1982Waning Crescent

Tuesday 12 October 1982372,810 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, October 12, 1982, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 22.9% of its visible face lit, 25.0 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

22.9%Illumination at noon UTC
25.0 dMoon age
372,810 km231,653 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (22°)
32.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 12, 1982 is on Sunday, October 3, 1982 at 01:09 UTC, 9 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, October 17, 1982 at 00:04 UTC, 5 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Saturday, October 9, 198223:26
New Moon (after)Sunday, October 17, 198200:04

The Moon around October 12

More about this date

Tuesday, October 12, 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.