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The Moon on Wednesday, December 29, 1982: Waxing Gibbous, 99% lit

Waxing · 98.5% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 23°

Moon age

14.1days

Moon phase on December 29, 1982Waxing Gibbous

Wednesday 29 December 1982358,948 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, December 29, 1982, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 98.5% of its visible face lit, 14.1 days after the new moon and growing each night.

98.5%Illumination at noon UTC
14.1 dMoon age
358,948 km223,040 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (24°)
33.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 29, 1982 is on Thursday, December 30, 1982 at 11:33 UTC, 1 day later, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, December 15, 1982 at 09:18 UTC, 14 days earlier.

The Moon around December 29

More about this date

Wednesday, December 29, 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.