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The Moon on Thursday, January 16, 1992: Waxing Gibbous, 84% lit

Waxing · 84.0% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 08°

Moon age

11.5days

Moon phase on January 16, 1992Waxing Gibbous

Thursday 16 January 1992367,248 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, January 16, 1992, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 84.0% of its visible face lit, 11.5 days after the new moon and growing each night.

84.0%Illumination at noon UTC
11.5 dMoon age
367,248 km228,197 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (8°)
32.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 16, 1992 is on Sunday, January 19, 1992 at 21:29 UTC, 3 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, January 4, 1992 at 23:10 UTC, 12 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Monday, January 13, 199202:32
Full Moon (after)Sunday, January 19, 199221:29

The Moon around January 16

More about this date

Thursday, January 16, 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.