Skip to content
The Moon on Thursday, September 3, 1992: First Quarter, 46% lit

Waxing · 45.6% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 06°

First Quarter at

22:39UTC

Moon phase on September 3, 1992First Quarter

Thursday 3 September 1992387,814 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, September 3, 1992, the Moon was a First Quarter: 45.6% of its visible face lit, 6.4 days after the new moon and growing each night. The exact First Quarter happened at .

45.6%Illumination at noon UTC
6.4 dMoon age
387,814 km240,976 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (6°)
30.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to September 3, 1992 is on Saturday, September 12, 1992 at 02:17 UTC, 9 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, August 28, 1992 at 02:42 UTC, 6 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Friday, August 28, 199202:42
First Quarter (this day)Thursday, September 3, 199222:39
Full Moon (after)Saturday, September 12, 199202:17

The Moon around September 3

More about this date

Thursday, September 3, 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.