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The Moon on Thursday, October 28, 1982: Waxing Gibbous, 82% lit

Waxing · 81.6% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 14°

Moon age

11.5days

Moon phase on October 28, 1982Waxing Gibbous

Thursday 28 October 1982390,315 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, October 28, 1982, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 81.6% of its visible face lit, 11.5 days after the new moon and growing each night.

81.6%Illumination at noon UTC
11.5 dMoon age
390,315 km242,530 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (14°)
30.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 28, 1982 is on Monday, November 1, 1982 at 12:57 UTC, 4 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, October 17, 1982 at 00:04 UTC, 11 days earlier.

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

The Moon around October 28

More about this date

Thursday, October 28, 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.