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The Moon on Friday, October 9, 1992: Waxing Gibbous, 95% lit

Waxing · 95.0% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 21°

Moon age

13.1days

Moon phase on October 9, 1992Waxing Gibbous

Friday 9 October 1992402,928 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, October 9, 1992, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 95.0% of its visible face lit, 13.1 days after the new moon and growing each night.

95.0%Illumination at noon UTC
13.1 dMoon age
402,928 km250,367 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (21°)
29.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 9, 1992 is on Sunday, October 11, 1992 at 18:03 UTC, 2 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, September 26, 1992 at 10:40 UTC, 13 days earlier.

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

The Moon around October 9

More about this date

Friday, October 9, 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.