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The Moon on Thursday, April 9, 1992: Waxing Crescent, 40% lit

Waxing · 39.7% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 07°

Moon age

6.3days

Moon phase on April 9, 1992Waxing Crescent

Thursday 9 April 1992372,583 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, April 9, 1992, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 39.7% of its visible face lit, 6.3 days after the new moon and growing each night.

39.7%Illumination at noon UTC
6.3 dMoon age
372,583 km231,513 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (8°)
32.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 9, 1992 is on Friday, April 17, 1992 at 04:43 UTC, 8 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, April 3, 1992 at 05:02 UTC, 6 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Friday, April 3, 199205:02
First Quarter (after)Friday, April 10, 199210:06

The Moon around April 9

More about this date

Thursday, April 9, 1992 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of April 3, 1992 to the new moon of May 2, 1992, a cycle of 29.53 days.