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The Moon on Monday, August 17, 1992: Waning Gibbous, 86% lit

Waning · 85.5% lit · ♈︎ Aries 09°

Moon age

18.7days

Moon phase on August 17, 1992Waning Gibbous

Monday 17 August 1992401,093 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, August 17, 1992, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 85.5% of its visible face lit, 18.7 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

85.5%Illumination at noon UTC
18.7 dMoon age
401,093 km249,227 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (9°)
29.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 17, 1992 is on Thursday, August 13, 1992 at 10:27 UTC, 4 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, August 28, 1992 at 02:42 UTC, 11 days later.

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

The Moon around August 17

More about this date

Monday, August 17, 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.