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The Moon on Monday, December 6, 1982: Waning Gibbous, 63% lit

Waning · 63.0% lit · ♌︎ Leo 29°

Moon age

20.9days

Moon phase on December 6, 1982Waning Gibbous

Monday 6 December 1982371,347 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, December 6, 1982, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 63.0% of its visible face lit, 20.9 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

63.0%Illumination at noon UTC
20.9 dMoon age
371,347 km230,744 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (29°)
32.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 6, 1982 is on Wednesday, December 1, 1982 at 00:21 UTC, 5 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, December 15, 1982 at 09:18 UTC, 9 days later.

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

The Moon around December 6

More about this date

Monday, December 6, 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.