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The Moon on Wednesday, August 12, 1992: Waxing Gibbous, 99% lit

Waxing · 99.1% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 09°

Moon age

13.7days

Moon phase on August 12, 1992Waxing Gibbous

Wednesday 12 August 1992405,919 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, August 12, 1992, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 99.1% of its visible face lit, 13.7 days after the new moon and growing each night.

99.1%Illumination at noon UTC
13.7 dMoon age
405,919 km252,226 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (10°)
29.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 12, 1992 is on Thursday, August 13, 1992 at 10:27 UTC, 1 day later, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, July 29, 1992 at 19:35 UTC, 14 days earlier.

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

The Moon around August 12

More about this date

Wednesday, August 12, 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.