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The Moon on Tuesday, May 5, 1992: Waxing Crescent, 9% lit

Waxing · 9.2% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 20°

Moon age

2.8days

Moon phase on May 5, 1992Waxing Crescent

Tuesday 5 May 1992372,463 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, May 5, 1992, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 9.2% of its visible face lit, 2.8 days after the new moon and growing each night.

9.2%Illumination at noon UTC
2.8 dMoon age
372,463 km231,438 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (21°)
32.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 5, 1992 is on Saturday, May 16, 1992 at 16:03 UTC, 11 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, May 2, 1992 at 17:45 UTC, 3 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Saturday, May 2, 199217:45
First Quarter (after)Saturday, May 9, 199215:44

The Moon around May 5

More about this date

Tuesday, May 5, 1992 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of May 2, 1992 to the new moon of June 1, 1992, a cycle of 29.43 days.