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The Moon on Thursday, December 9, 1982: Waning Crescent, 31% lit

Waning · 30.9% lit · ♎︎ Libra 09°

Moon age

23.9days

Moon phase on December 9, 1982Waning Crescent

Thursday 9 December 1982385,373 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, December 9, 1982, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 30.9% of its visible face lit, 23.9 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

30.9%Illumination at noon UTC
23.9 dMoon age
385,373 km239,460 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (10°)
31.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 9, 1982 is on Wednesday, December 1, 1982 at 00:21 UTC, 8 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, December 15, 1982 at 09:18 UTC, 6 days later.

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

The Moon around December 9

More about this date

Thursday, December 9, 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.