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The Moon on Wednesday, August 26, 1992: Waning Crescent, 4% lit

Waning · 4.1% lit · ♌︎ Leo 10°

Moon age

27.7days

Moon phase on August 26, 1992Waning Crescent

Wednesday 26 August 1992358,817 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, August 26, 1992, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 4.1% of its visible face lit, 27.7 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

4.1%Illumination at noon UTC
27.7 dMoon age
358,817 km222,958 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (10°)
33.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 26, 1992 is on Thursday, August 13, 1992 at 10:27 UTC, 13 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, August 28, 1992 at 02:42 UTC, 2 days later.

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

The Moon around August 26

More about this date

Wednesday, August 26, 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.