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The Moon on Friday, October 2, 1992: Waxing Crescent, 39% lit

Waxing · 39.4% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 27°

Moon age

6.1days

Moon phase on October 2, 1992Waxing Crescent

Friday 2 October 1992392,526 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, October 2, 1992, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 39.4% of its visible face lit, 6.1 days after the new moon and growing each night.

39.4%Illumination at noon UTC
6.1 dMoon age
392,526 km243,904 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (27°)
30.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 2, 1992 is on Sunday, October 11, 1992 at 18:03 UTC, 9 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, September 26, 1992 at 10:40 UTC, 6 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Saturday, September 26, 199210:40
First Quarter (after)Saturday, October 3, 199214:12

The Moon around October 2

More about this date

Friday, October 2, 1992 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of September 26, 1992 to the new moon of October 25, 1992, a cycle of 29.41 days.