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The Moon on Thursday, January 9, 1992: Waxing Crescent, 17% lit

Waxing · 17.4% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 07°

Moon age

4.5days

Moon phase on January 9, 1992Waxing Crescent

Thursday 9 January 1992402,910 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, January 9, 1992, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 17.4% of its visible face lit, 4.5 days after the new moon and growing each night.

17.4%Illumination at noon UTC
4.5 dMoon age
402,910 km250,357 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (8°)
29.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 9, 1992 is on Sunday, January 19, 1992 at 21:29 UTC, 10 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, January 4, 1992 at 23:10 UTC, 5 days earlier.

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

The Moon around January 9

More about this date

Thursday, January 9, 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.