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The Moon on Sunday, December 5, 1982: Waning Gibbous, 74% lit

Waning · 73.6% lit · ♌︎ Leo 14°

Moon age

19.9days

Moon phase on December 5, 1982Waning Gibbous

Sunday 5 December 1982367,017 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, December 5, 1982, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 73.6% of its visible face lit, 19.9 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

73.6%Illumination at noon UTC
19.9 dMoon age
367,017 km228,054 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (15°)
32.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 5, 1982 is on Wednesday, December 1, 1982 at 00:21 UTC, 4 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, December 15, 1982 at 09:18 UTC, 10 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Wednesday, December 1, 198200:21
Last Quarter (after)Tuesday, December 7, 198215:53

The Moon around December 5

More about this date

Sunday, December 5, 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.