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The Moon on Sunday, August 16, 1992: Waning Gibbous, 92% lit

Waning · 91.6% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 27°

Moon age

17.7days

Moon phase on August 16, 1992Waning Gibbous

Sunday 16 August 1992403,533 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, August 16, 1992, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 91.6% of its visible face lit, 17.7 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

91.6%Illumination at noon UTC
17.7 dMoon age
403,533 km250,744 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (27°)
29.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 16, 1992 is on Thursday, August 13, 1992 at 10:27 UTC, 3 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, August 28, 1992 at 02:42 UTC, 12 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Thursday, August 13, 199210:27
Last Quarter (after)Friday, August 21, 199210:01

The Moon around August 16

More about this date

Sunday, August 16, 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.