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The Moon on Wednesday, December 8, 1982: Waning Crescent, 41% lit

Waning · 41.1% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 26°

Moon age

22.9days

Moon phase on December 8, 1982Waning Crescent

Wednesday 8 December 1982380,811 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, December 8, 1982, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 41.1% of its visible face lit, 22.9 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

41.1%Illumination at noon UTC
22.9 dMoon age
380,811 km236,625 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (27°)
31.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

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

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Tuesday, December 7, 198215:53
New Moon (after)Wednesday, December 15, 198209:18

The Moon around December 8

More about this date

Wednesday, December 8, 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.