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The Moon on Sunday, August 23, 1992: Waning Crescent, 28% lit

Waning · 28.1% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 26°

Moon age

24.7days

Moon phase on August 23, 1992Waning Crescent

Sunday 23 August 1992371,868 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, August 23, 1992, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 28.1% of its visible face lit, 24.7 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

28.1%Illumination at noon UTC
24.7 dMoon age
371,868 km231,068 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (27°)
32.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 23, 1992 is on Thursday, August 13, 1992 at 10:27 UTC, 10 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, August 28, 1992 at 02:42 UTC, 5 days later.

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

The Moon around August 23

More about this date

Sunday, August 23, 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.