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The Moon on Friday, May 8, 1992: Waxing Crescent, 37% lit

Waxing · 37.0% lit · ♌︎ Leo 02°

Moon age

5.8days

Moon phase on May 8, 1992Waxing Crescent

Friday 8 May 1992369,577 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, May 8, 1992, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 37.0% of its visible face lit, 5.8 days after the new moon and growing each night.

37.0%Illumination at noon UTC
5.8 dMoon age
369,577 km229,645 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (3°)
32.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 8, 1992 is on Saturday, May 16, 1992 at 16:03 UTC, 8 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, May 2, 1992 at 17:45 UTC, 6 days earlier.

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

The Moon around May 8

More about this date

Friday, May 8, 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.