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The Moon on Thursday, July 16, 1992: Waning Gibbous, 97% lit

Waning · 97.3% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 12°

Moon age

16.0days

Moon phase on July 16, 1992Waning Gibbous

Thursday 16 July 1992405,652 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, July 16, 1992, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 97.3% of its visible face lit, 16.0 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

97.3%Illumination at noon UTC
16.0 dMoon age
405,652 km252,060 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (13°)
29.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 16, 1992 is on Tuesday, July 14, 1992 at 19:06 UTC, 2 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, July 29, 1992 at 19:35 UTC, 13 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Tuesday, July 14, 199219:06
Last Quarter (after)Wednesday, July 22, 199222:12

The Moon around July 16

More about this date

Thursday, July 16, 1992 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of June 30, 1992 to the new moon of July 29, 1992, a cycle of 29.30 days.