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The Moon on Sunday, August 30, 1992: Waxing Crescent, 9% lit

Waxing · 8.6% lit · ♎︎ Libra 11°

Moon age

2.4days

Moon phase on August 30, 1992Waxing Crescent

Sunday 30 August 1992364,383 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, August 30, 1992, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 8.6% of its visible face lit, 2.4 days after the new moon and growing each night.

8.6%Illumination at noon UTC
2.4 dMoon age
364,383 km226,417 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (11°)
32.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 30, 1992 is on Saturday, September 12, 1992 at 02:17 UTC, 13 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, August 28, 1992 at 02:42 UTC, 2 days earlier.

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

The Moon around August 30

More about this date

Sunday, August 30, 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.