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The Moon on Sunday, January 5, 1992: Waxing Crescent, 0% lit

Waxing · 0.3% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 20°

Moon age

0.5days

Moon phase on January 5, 1992Waxing Crescent

Sunday 5 January 1992406,137 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, January 5, 1992, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 0.3% of its visible face lit, 0.5 days after the new moon and growing each night.

0.3%Illumination at noon UTC
0.5 dMoon age
406,137 km252,362 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (20°)
29.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 5, 1992 is on Sunday, January 19, 1992 at 21:29 UTC, 14 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, January 4, 1992 at 23:10 UTC, 1 day earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Saturday, January 4, 199223:10
First Quarter (after)Monday, January 13, 199202:32

The Moon around January 5

More about this date

Sunday, January 5, 1992 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of January 4, 1992 to the new moon of February 3, 1992, a cycle of 29.83 days.