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The Moon on Thursday, August 27, 1992: Waning Crescent, 1% lit

Waning · 0.7% lit · ♌︎ Leo 25°

Moon age

28.7days

Moon phase on August 27, 1992Waning Crescent

Thursday 27 August 1992357,413 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, August 27, 1992, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 0.7% of its visible face lit, 28.7 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

0.7%Illumination at noon UTC
28.7 dMoon age
357,413 km222,086 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (26°)
33.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 27, 1992 is on Thursday, August 13, 1992 at 10:27 UTC, 14 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, August 28, 1992 at 02:42 UTC, 1 day later.

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

The Moon around August 27

More about this date

Thursday, August 27, 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.