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The Moon on Thursday, March 12, 1992: First Quarter, 55% lit

Waxing · 54.5% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 27°

First Quarter at

02:36UTC

Moon phase on March 12, 1992First Quarter

Thursday 12 March 1992372,670 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, March 12, 1992, the Moon was a First Quarter: 54.5% of its visible face lit, 7.9 days after the new moon and growing each night. The exact First Quarter happened at .

54.5%Illumination at noon UTC
7.9 dMoon age
372,670 km231,566 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (27°)
32.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 12, 1992 is on Wednesday, March 18, 1992 at 18:18 UTC, 6 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, March 4, 1992 at 13:22 UTC, 8 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Wednesday, March 4, 199213:22
First Quarter (this day)Thursday, March 12, 199202:36
Full Moon (after)Wednesday, March 18, 199218:18

The Moon around March 12

More about this date

Thursday, March 12, 1992 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of March 4, 1992 to the new moon of April 3, 1992, a cycle of 29.65 days.