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The Moon on Tuesday, December 14, 1982: Waning Crescent, 1% lit

Waning · 0.8% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 12°

Moon age

28.9days

Moon phase on December 14, 1982Waning Crescent

Tuesday 14 December 1982401,995 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, December 14, 1982, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 0.8% of its visible face lit, 28.9 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

0.8%Illumination at noon UTC
28.9 dMoon age
401,995 km249,788 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (12°)
29.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 14, 1982 is on Wednesday, December 1, 1982 at 00:21 UTC, 13 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, December 15, 1982 at 09:18 UTC, 1 day later.

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

The Moon around December 14

More about this date

Tuesday, December 14, 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.