Skip to content
The Moon on Saturday, August 22, 1992: Waning Crescent, 39% lit

Waning · 38.6% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 12°

Moon age

23.7days

Moon phase on August 22, 1992Waning Crescent

Saturday 22 August 1992377,693 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, August 22, 1992, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 38.6% of its visible face lit, 23.7 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

38.6%Illumination at noon UTC
23.7 dMoon age
377,693 km234,687 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (13°)
31.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 22, 1992 is on Thursday, August 13, 1992 at 10:27 UTC, 9 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, August 28, 1992 at 02:42 UTC, 6 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Friday, August 21, 199210:01
New Moon (after)Friday, August 28, 199202:42

The Moon around August 22

More about this date

Saturday, August 22, 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.