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The Moon on Friday, August 21, 1992: Last Quarter, 49% lit

Waning · 49.3% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 29°

Last Quarter at

10:01UTC

Moon phase on August 21, 1992Last Quarter

Friday 21 August 1992383,498 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, August 21, 1992, the Moon was a Last Quarter: 49.3% of its visible face lit, 22.7 days after the new moon and shrinking each night. The exact Last Quarter happened at .

49.3%Illumination at noon UTC
22.7 dMoon age
383,498 km238,295 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (30°)
31.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 21, 1992 is on Thursday, August 13, 1992 at 10:27 UTC, 8 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, August 28, 1992 at 02:42 UTC, 7 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Thursday, August 13, 199210:27
Last Quarter (this day)Friday, August 21, 199210:01
New Moon (after)Friday, August 28, 199202:42

The Moon around August 21

More about this date

Friday, August 21, 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.