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The Moon on Friday, January 31, 1992: Waning Crescent, 9% lit

Waning · 9.3% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 05°

Moon age

26.5days

Moon phase on January 31, 1992Waning Crescent

Friday 31 January 1992405,047 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, January 31, 1992, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 9.3% of its visible face lit, 26.5 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

9.3%Illumination at noon UTC
26.5 dMoon age
405,047 km251,684 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (5°)
29.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 31, 1992 is on Sunday, January 19, 1992 at 21:29 UTC, 12 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, February 3, 1992 at 19:00 UTC, 3 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Sunday, January 26, 199215:27
New Moon (after)Monday, February 3, 199219:00

The Moon around January 31

More about this date

Friday, January 31, 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.