Waning · 98.4% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 23°
Moon age
16.1days
Moon phase on December 31, 1982Waning Gibbous
On Friday, December 31, 1982, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 98.4% of its visible face lit, 16.1 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.
98.4%Illumination at noon UTC
16.1 dMoon age
357,286 km222,007 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (24°)
33.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)
Nearest moon phases
The nearest full moon to December 31, 1982 is on Thursday, December 30, 1982 at 11:33 UTC, 1 day earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, January 14, 1983 at 05:08 UTC, 14 days later.
| Phase | Date | Time (UTC) |
|---|---|---|
| Full Moon (before) | Thursday, December 30, 1982 | 11:33 |
| Last Quarter (after) | Thursday, January 6, 1983 | 04:00 |
The Moon around December 31
More about this date
Friday, December 31, 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.
- See every phase of the month in the moon phases in December 1982, or the whole moon calendar 1982.
- The same date one year apart: 1981 · 1983.
- Born on this day? The moon phase on your birthday tool adds your birth time and your moon sign.
- Phases change by time zone: this page uses Coordinated Universal Time (UTC). Learn how to read the phases of the moon.