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The Moon on Thursday, August 20, 1992: Waning Gibbous, 60% lit

Waning · 59.6% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 16°

Moon age

21.7days

Moon phase on August 20, 1992Waning Gibbous

Thursday 20 August 1992388,937 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, August 20, 1992, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 59.6% of its visible face lit, 21.7 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

59.6%Illumination at noon UTC
21.7 dMoon age
388,937 km241,674 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (17°)
30.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 20, 1992 is on Thursday, August 13, 1992 at 10:27 UTC, 7 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, August 28, 1992 at 02:42 UTC, 8 days later.

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

The Moon around August 20

More about this date

Thursday, August 20, 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.