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The Moon on Wednesday, December 22, 1982: Waxing Crescent, 39% lit

Waxing · 39.3% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 17°

Moon age

7.1days

Moon phase on December 22, 1982Waxing Crescent

Wednesday 22 December 1982396,820 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, December 22, 1982, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 39.3% of its visible face lit, 7.1 days after the new moon and growing each night.

39.3%Illumination at noon UTC
7.1 dMoon age
396,820 km246,573 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (18°)
30.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 22, 1982 is on Thursday, December 30, 1982 at 11:33 UTC, 8 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, December 15, 1982 at 09:18 UTC, 7 days earlier.

The Moon around December 22

More about this date

Wednesday, December 22, 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.