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The Moon on Saturday, December 11, 1982: Waning Crescent, 14% lit

Waning · 14.0% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 05°

Moon age

25.9days

Moon phase on December 11, 1982Waning Crescent

Saturday 11 December 1982393,369 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, December 11, 1982, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 14.0% of its visible face lit, 25.9 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

14.0%Illumination at noon UTC
25.9 dMoon age
393,369 km244,428 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (5°)
30.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 11, 1982 is on Wednesday, December 1, 1982 at 00:21 UTC, 10 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, December 15, 1982 at 09:18 UTC, 4 days later.

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

The Moon around December 11

More about this date

Saturday, December 11, 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.