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The Moon on Saturday, August 29, 1992: Waxing Crescent, 3% lit

Waxing · 3.1% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 26°

Moon age

1.4days

Moon phase on August 29, 1992Waxing Crescent

Saturday 29 August 1992360,337 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, August 29, 1992, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 3.1% of its visible face lit, 1.4 days after the new moon and growing each night.

3.1%Illumination at noon UTC
1.4 dMoon age
360,337 km223,903 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (26°)
33.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 29, 1992 is on Saturday, September 12, 1992 at 02:17 UTC, 14 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, August 28, 1992 at 02:42 UTC, 1 day earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Friday, August 28, 199202:42
First Quarter (after)Thursday, September 3, 199222:39

The Moon around August 29

More about this date

Saturday, August 29, 1992 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of August 28, 1992 to the new moon of September 26, 1992, a cycle of 29.33 days.