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The Moon on Saturday, May 23, 1992: Waning Gibbous, 61% lit

Waning · 61.1% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 19°

Moon age

20.8days

Moon phase on May 23, 1992Waning Gibbous

Saturday 23 May 1992404,255 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, May 23, 1992, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 61.1% of its visible face lit, 20.8 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

61.1%Illumination at noon UTC
20.8 dMoon age
404,255 km251,193 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (20°)
29.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 23, 1992 is on Saturday, May 16, 1992 at 16:03 UTC, 7 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, June 1, 1992 at 03:57 UTC, 9 days later.

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

The Moon around May 23

More about this date

Saturday, May 23, 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.