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The Moon on Sunday, December 26, 1982: Waxing Gibbous, 79% lit

Waxing · 79.1% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 09°

Moon age

11.1days

Moon phase on December 26, 1982Waxing Gibbous

Sunday 26 December 1982373,600 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, December 26, 1982, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 79.1% of its visible face lit, 11.1 days after the new moon and growing each night.

79.1%Illumination at noon UTC
11.1 dMoon age
373,600 km232,144 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (10°)
32.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 26, 1982 is on Thursday, December 30, 1982 at 11:33 UTC, 4 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, December 15, 1982 at 09:18 UTC, 11 days earlier.

The Moon around December 26

More about this date

Sunday, December 26, 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.