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The Moon on Sunday, January 12, 1992: Waxing Crescent, 44% lit

Waxing · 43.9% lit · ♈︎ Aries 14°

Moon age

7.5days

Moon phase on January 12, 1992Waxing Crescent

Sunday 12 January 1992391,148 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, January 12, 1992, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 43.9% of its visible face lit, 7.5 days after the new moon and growing each night.

43.9%Illumination at noon UTC
7.5 dMoon age
391,148 km243,048 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (14°)
30.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 12, 1992 is on Sunday, January 19, 1992 at 21:29 UTC, 7 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, January 4, 1992 at 23:10 UTC, 8 days earlier.

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

The Moon around January 12

More about this date

Sunday, January 12, 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.