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The Moon on Thursday, April 16, 1992: Waxing Gibbous, 99% lit

Waxing · 99.2% lit · ♎︎ Libra 17°

Moon age

13.3days

Moon phase on April 16, 1992Waxing Gibbous

Thursday 16 April 1992372,801 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, April 16, 1992, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 99.2% of its visible face lit, 13.3 days after the new moon and growing each night.

99.2%Illumination at noon UTC
13.3 dMoon age
372,801 km231,648 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (18°)
32.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 16, 1992 is on Friday, April 17, 1992 at 04:43 UTC, 1 day later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, April 3, 1992 at 05:02 UTC, 13 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Friday, April 10, 199210:06
Full Moon (after)Friday, April 17, 199204:43

The Moon around April 16

More about this date

Thursday, April 16, 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.