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The Moon on Friday, October 16, 1992: Waning Gibbous, 78% lit

Waning · 77.9% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 19°

Moon age

20.1days

Moon phase on October 16, 1992Waning Gibbous

Friday 16 October 1992381,512 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, October 16, 1992, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 77.9% of its visible face lit, 20.1 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

77.9%Illumination at noon UTC
20.1 dMoon age
381,512 km237,061 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (20°)
31.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 16, 1992 is on Sunday, October 11, 1992 at 18:03 UTC, 5 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, October 25, 1992 at 20:34 UTC, 9 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Sunday, October 11, 199218:03
Last Quarter (after)Monday, October 19, 199204:12

The Moon around October 16

More about this date

Friday, October 16, 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.