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The Moon on Friday, October 22, 1982: Waxing Crescent, 27% lit

Waxing · 27.3% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 01°

Moon age

5.5days

Moon phase on October 22, 1982Waxing Crescent

Friday 22 October 1982403,625 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, October 22, 1982, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 27.3% of its visible face lit, 5.5 days after the new moon and growing each night.

27.3%Illumination at noon UTC
5.5 dMoon age
403,625 km250,801 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (2°)
29.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 22, 1982 is on Monday, November 1, 1982 at 12:57 UTC, 10 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, October 17, 1982 at 00:04 UTC, 5 days earlier.

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

The Moon around October 22

More about this date

Friday, October 22, 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.