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The Moon on Tuesday, October 6, 1992: Waxing Gibbous, 76% lit

Waxing · 76.4% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 15°

Moon age

10.1days

Moon phase on October 6, 1992Waxing Gibbous

Tuesday 6 October 1992404,994 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, October 6, 1992, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 76.4% of its visible face lit, 10.1 days after the new moon and growing each night.

76.4%Illumination at noon UTC
10.1 dMoon age
404,994 km251,651 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (15°)
29.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 6, 1992 is on Sunday, October 11, 1992 at 18:03 UTC, 5 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, September 26, 1992 at 10:40 UTC, 10 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Saturday, October 3, 199214:12
Full Moon (after)Sunday, October 11, 199218:03

The Moon around October 6

More about this date

Tuesday, October 6, 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.