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The Moon on Saturday, August 8, 1992: Waxing Gibbous, 79% lit

Waxing · 79.2% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 21°

Moon age

9.7days

Moon phase on August 8, 1992Waxing Gibbous

Saturday 8 August 1992397,117 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, August 8, 1992, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 79.2% of its visible face lit, 9.7 days after the new moon and growing each night.

79.2%Illumination at noon UTC
9.7 dMoon age
397,117 km246,757 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (22°)
30.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 8, 1992 is on Thursday, August 13, 1992 at 10:27 UTC, 5 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, July 29, 1992 at 19:35 UTC, 10 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Wednesday, August 5, 199210:59
Full Moon (after)Thursday, August 13, 199210:27

The Moon around August 8

More about this date

Saturday, August 8, 1992 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of July 29, 1992 to the new moon of August 28, 1992, a cycle of 29.30 days.