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The Moon on Monday, October 18, 1982: Waxing Crescent, 3% lit

Waxing · 2.6% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 12°

Moon age

1.5days

Moon phase on October 18, 1982Waxing Crescent

Monday 18 October 1982391,504 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, October 18, 1982, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 2.6% of its visible face lit, 1.5 days after the new moon and growing each night.

2.6%Illumination at noon UTC
1.5 dMoon age
391,504 km243,269 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (13°)
30.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 18, 1982 is on Monday, November 1, 1982 at 12:57 UTC, 14 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, October 17, 1982 at 00:04 UTC, 1 day earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Sunday, October 17, 198200:04
First Quarter (after)Monday, October 25, 198200:08

The Moon around October 18

More about this date

Monday, October 18, 1982 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of October 17, 1982 to the new moon of November 15, 1982, a cycle of 29.63 days.