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The Moon on Wednesday, October 13, 1982: Waning Crescent, 14% lit

Waning · 14.3% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 05°

Moon age

26.0days

Moon phase on October 13, 1982Waning Crescent

Wednesday 13 October 1982374,740 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, October 13, 1982, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 14.3% of its visible face lit, 26.0 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

14.3%Illumination at noon UTC
26.0 dMoon age
374,740 km232,852 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (6°)
31.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 13, 1982 is on Sunday, October 3, 1982 at 01:09 UTC, 10 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, October 17, 1982 at 00:04 UTC, 4 days later.

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

The Moon around October 13

More about this date

Wednesday, October 13, 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.