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The Moon on Wednesday, October 27, 1982: Waxing Gibbous, 73% lit

Waxing · 73.3% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 01°

Moon age

10.5days

Moon phase on October 27, 1982Waxing Gibbous

Wednesday 27 October 1982395,134 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, October 27, 1982, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 73.3% of its visible face lit, 10.5 days after the new moon and growing each night.

73.3%Illumination at noon UTC
10.5 dMoon age
395,134 km245,525 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (1°)
30.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 27, 1982 is on Monday, November 1, 1982 at 12:57 UTC, 5 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, October 17, 1982 at 00:04 UTC, 10 days earlier.

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

The Moon around October 27

More about this date

Wednesday, October 27, 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.