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The Moon on Friday, October 29, 1982: Waxing Gibbous, 89% lit

Waxing · 88.9% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 27°

Moon age

12.5days

Moon phase on October 29, 1982Waxing Gibbous

Friday 29 October 1982385,065 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, October 29, 1982, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 88.9% of its visible face lit, 12.5 days after the new moon and growing each night.

88.9%Illumination at noon UTC
12.5 dMoon age
385,065 km239,268 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (27°)
31.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 29, 1982 is on Monday, November 1, 1982 at 12:57 UTC, 3 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, October 17, 1982 at 00:04 UTC, 12 days earlier.

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

The Moon around October 29

More about this date

Friday, October 29, 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.