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The Moon on Tuesday, October 26, 1982: Waxing Gibbous, 64% lit

Waxing · 64.2% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 19°

Moon age

9.5days

Moon phase on October 26, 1982Waxing Gibbous

Tuesday 26 October 1982399,171 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, October 26, 1982, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 64.2% of its visible face lit, 9.5 days after the new moon and growing each night.

64.2%Illumination at noon UTC
9.5 dMoon age
399,171 km248,033 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (19°)
29.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 26, 1982 is on Monday, November 1, 1982 at 12:57 UTC, 6 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, October 17, 1982 at 00:04 UTC, 9 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Monday, October 25, 198200:08
Full Moon (after)Monday, November 1, 198212:57

The Moon around October 26

More about this date

Tuesday, October 26, 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.