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The Moon on Thursday, October 8, 1992: Waxing Gibbous, 90% lit

Waxing · 90.2% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 09°

Moon age

12.1days

Moon phase on October 8, 1992Waxing Gibbous

Thursday 8 October 1992404,510 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, October 8, 1992, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 90.2% of its visible face lit, 12.1 days after the new moon and growing each night.

90.2%Illumination at noon UTC
12.1 dMoon age
404,510 km251,351 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (9°)
29.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 8, 1992 is on Sunday, October 11, 1992 at 18:03 UTC, 3 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, September 26, 1992 at 10:40 UTC, 12 days earlier.

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

The Moon around October 8

More about this date

Thursday, October 8, 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.