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The Moon on Friday, October 23, 1992: Waning Crescent, 8% lit

Waning · 7.8% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 28°

Moon age

27.1days

Moon phase on October 23, 1992Waning Crescent

Friday 23 October 1992364,823 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, October 23, 1992, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 7.8% of its visible face lit, 27.1 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

7.8%Illumination at noon UTC
27.1 dMoon age
364,823 km226,690 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (28°)
32.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 23, 1992 is on Sunday, October 11, 1992 at 18:03 UTC, 12 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, October 25, 1992 at 20:34 UTC, 2 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Monday, October 19, 199204:12
New Moon (after)Sunday, October 25, 199220:34

The Moon around October 23

More about this date

Friday, October 23, 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.