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The Moon on Saturday, May 16, 1992: Full Moon, 100% lit

Waxing · 99.9% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 23°

Full Moon at

16:03UTC

Moon phase on May 16, 1992Full Moon

Saturday 16 May 1992385,515 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, May 16, 1992, the Moon was a Full Moon: 99.9% of its visible face lit, 13.8 days after the new moon and at its fullest. The exact Full Moon happened at .

99.9%Illumination at noon UTC
13.8 dMoon age
385,515 km239,548 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (24°)
31.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
FullWhole disc lit

Full moon

This is the Flower Moon, 386,159 km from Earth.

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 16, 1992 is on Saturday, May 16, 1992 at 16:03 UTC, the same day, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, May 2, 1992 at 17:45 UTC, 14 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Saturday, May 9, 199215:44
Full Moon (this day)Saturday, May 16, 199216:03
Last Quarter (after)Sunday, May 24, 199215:54

The Moon around May 16

More about this date

Saturday, May 16, 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.