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The Moon on Saturday, May 9, 1992: First Quarter, 48% lit

Waxing · 48.3% lit · ♌︎ Leo 17°

First Quarter at

15:44UTC

Moon phase on May 9, 1992First Quarter

Saturday 9 May 1992369,854 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, May 9, 1992, the Moon was a First Quarter: 48.3% of its visible face lit, 6.8 days after the new moon and growing each night. The exact First Quarter happened at .

48.3%Illumination at noon UTC
6.8 dMoon age
369,854 km229,816 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (17°)
32.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 9, 1992 is on Saturday, May 16, 1992 at 16:03 UTC, 7 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, May 2, 1992 at 17:45 UTC, 7 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Saturday, May 2, 199217:45
First Quarter (this day)Saturday, May 9, 199215:44
Full Moon (after)Saturday, May 16, 199216:03

The Moon around May 9

More about this date

Saturday, May 9, 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.