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The Moon on Tuesday, December 28, 1982: Waxing Gibbous, 94% lit

Waxing · 94.2% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 08°

Moon age

13.1days

Moon phase on December 28, 1982Waxing Gibbous

Tuesday 28 December 1982362,574 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, December 28, 1982, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 94.2% of its visible face lit, 13.1 days after the new moon and growing each night.

94.2%Illumination at noon UTC
13.1 dMoon age
362,574 km225,293 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (9°)
32.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 28, 1982 is on Thursday, December 30, 1982 at 11:33 UTC, 2 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, December 15, 1982 at 09:18 UTC, 13 days earlier.

The Moon around December 28

More about this date

Tuesday, December 28, 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.