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The Moon on Tuesday, December 7, 1982: Last Quarter, 52% lit

Waning · 51.9% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 12°

Last Quarter at

15:53UTC

Moon phase on December 7, 1982Last Quarter

Tuesday 7 December 1982376,054 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, December 7, 1982, the Moon was a Last Quarter: 51.9% of its visible face lit, 21.9 days after the new moon and shrinking each night. The exact Last Quarter happened at .

51.9%Illumination at noon UTC
21.9 dMoon age
376,054 km233,669 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (13°)
31.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 7, 1982 is on Wednesday, December 1, 1982 at 00:21 UTC, 6 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, December 15, 1982 at 09:18 UTC, 8 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Wednesday, December 1, 198200:21
Last Quarter (this day)Tuesday, December 7, 198215:53
New Moon (after)Wednesday, December 15, 198209:18

The Moon around December 7

More about this date

Tuesday, December 7, 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.