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The Moon on Friday, December 10, 1982: Waning Crescent, 22% lit

Waning · 21.8% lit · ♎︎ Libra 22°

Moon age

24.9days

Moon phase on December 10, 1982Waning Crescent

Friday 10 December 1982389,585 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, December 10, 1982, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 21.8% of its visible face lit, 24.9 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

21.8%Illumination at noon UTC
24.9 dMoon age
389,585 km242,077 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (23°)
30.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 10, 1982 is on Wednesday, December 1, 1982 at 00:21 UTC, 9 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, December 15, 1982 at 09:18 UTC, 5 days later.

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

The Moon around December 10

More about this date

Friday, December 10, 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.