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The Moon on Wednesday, May 20, 1992: Waning Gibbous, 86% lit

Waning · 85.8% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 14°

Moon age

17.8days

Moon phase on May 20, 1992Waning Gibbous

Wednesday 20 May 1992400,181 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, May 20, 1992, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 85.8% of its visible face lit, 17.8 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

85.8%Illumination at noon UTC
17.8 dMoon age
400,181 km248,661 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (14°)
29.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 20, 1992 is on Saturday, May 16, 1992 at 16:03 UTC, 4 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, June 1, 1992 at 03:57 UTC, 12 days later.

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

The Moon around May 20

More about this date

Wednesday, May 20, 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.