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The Moon on Friday, May 15, 1992: Waxing Gibbous, 98% lit

Waxing · 98.3% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 10°

Moon age

12.8days

Moon phase on May 15, 1992Waxing Gibbous

Friday 15 May 1992381,876 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, May 15, 1992, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 98.3% of its visible face lit, 12.8 days after the new moon and growing each night.

98.3%Illumination at noon UTC
12.8 dMoon age
381,876 km237,287 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (11°)
31.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 15, 1992 is on Saturday, May 16, 1992 at 16:03 UTC, 1 day later, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, May 2, 1992 at 17:45 UTC, 13 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Saturday, May 9, 199215:44
Full Moon (after)Saturday, May 16, 199216:03

The Moon around May 15

More about this date

Friday, May 15, 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.