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The Moon on Friday, October 15, 1982: Waning Crescent, 3% lit

Waning · 2.8% lit · ♎︎ Libra 03°

Moon age

28.0days

Moon phase on October 15, 1982Waning Crescent

Friday 15 October 1982380,208 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, October 15, 1982, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 2.8% of its visible face lit, 28.0 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

2.8%Illumination at noon UTC
28.0 dMoon age
380,208 km236,250 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (3°)
31.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 15, 1982 is on Sunday, October 3, 1982 at 01:09 UTC, 12 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, October 17, 1982 at 00:04 UTC, 2 days later.

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

The Moon around October 15

More about this date

Friday, October 15, 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.