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The Moon on Tuesday, November 23, 1982: First Quarter, 47% lit

Waxing · 46.9% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 27°

First Quarter at

20:06UTC

Moon phase on November 23, 1982First Quarter

Tuesday 23 November 1982399,876 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, November 23, 1982, the Moon was a First Quarter: 46.9% of its visible face lit, 7.9 days after the new moon and growing each night. The exact First Quarter happened at .

46.9%Illumination at noon UTC
7.9 dMoon age
399,876 km248,471 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (27°)
29.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to November 23, 1982 is on Wednesday, December 1, 1982 at 00:21 UTC, 8 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, November 15, 1982 at 15:10 UTC, 8 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Monday, November 15, 198215:10
First Quarter (this day)Tuesday, November 23, 198220:06
Full Moon (after)Wednesday, December 1, 198200:21

The Moon around November 23

More about this date

Tuesday, November 23, 1982 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of November 15, 1982 to the new moon of December 15, 1982, a cycle of 29.76 days.