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The Moon on Saturday, October 3, 1992: First Quarter, 49% lit

Waxing · 49.2% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 09°

First Quarter at

14:12UTC

Moon phase on October 3, 1992First Quarter

Saturday 3 October 1992397,294 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, October 3, 1992, the Moon was a First Quarter: 49.2% of its visible face lit, 7.1 days after the new moon and growing each night. The exact First Quarter happened at .

49.2%Illumination at noon UTC
7.1 dMoon age
397,294 km246,867 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (10°)
30.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 3, 1992 is on Sunday, October 11, 1992 at 18:03 UTC, 8 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, September 26, 1992 at 10:40 UTC, 7 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Saturday, September 26, 199210:40
First Quarter (this day)Saturday, October 3, 199214:12
Full Moon (after)Sunday, October 11, 199218:03

The Moon around October 3

More about this date

Saturday, October 3, 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.