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The Moon on Thursday, December 23, 1982: First Quarter, 49% lit

Waxing · 49.2% lit · ♈︎ Aries 00°

First Quarter at

14:17UTC

Moon phase on December 23, 1982First Quarter

Thursday 23 December 1982391,918 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, December 23, 1982, the Moon was a First Quarter: 49.2% of its visible face lit, 8.1 days after the new moon and growing each night. The exact First Quarter happened at .

49.2%Illumination at noon UTC
8.1 dMoon age
391,918 km243,526 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (0°)
30.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 23, 1982 is on Thursday, December 30, 1982 at 11:33 UTC, 7 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, December 15, 1982 at 09:18 UTC, 8 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Wednesday, December 15, 198209:18
First Quarter (this day)Thursday, December 23, 198214:17
Full Moon (after)Thursday, December 30, 198211:33

The Moon around December 23

More about this date

Thursday, December 23, 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.