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The Moon on Saturday, December 18, 1982: Waxing Crescent, 8% lit

Waxing · 8.5% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 29°

Moon age

3.1days

Moon phase on December 18, 1982Waxing Crescent

Saturday 18 December 1982406,168 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, December 18, 1982, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 8.5% of its visible face lit, 3.1 days after the new moon and growing each night.

8.5%Illumination at noon UTC
3.1 dMoon age
406,168 km252,381 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (30°)
29.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 18, 1982 is on Thursday, December 30, 1982 at 11:33 UTC, 12 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, December 15, 1982 at 09:18 UTC, 3 days earlier.

The Moon around December 18

More about this date

Saturday, December 18, 1982 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of December 15, 1982 to the new moon of January 14, 1983, a cycle of 29.83 days.