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The Moon on Wednesday, December 16, 1992: Last Quarter, 54% lit

Waning · 53.6% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 20°

Last Quarter at

19:13UTC

Moon phase on December 16, 1992Last Quarter

Wednesday 16 December 1992370,441 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, December 16, 1992, the Moon was a Last Quarter: 53.6% of its visible face lit, 22.1 days after the new moon and shrinking each night. The exact Last Quarter happened at .

53.6%Illumination at noon UTC
22.1 dMoon age
370,441 km230,181 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (21°)
32.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 16, 1992 is on Wednesday, December 9, 1992 at 23:41 UTC, 7 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, December 24, 1992 at 00:43 UTC, 8 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Wednesday, December 9, 199223:41
Last Quarter (this day)Wednesday, December 16, 199219:13
New Moon (after)Thursday, December 24, 199200:43

The Moon around December 16

More about this date

Wednesday, December 16, 1992 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of November 24, 1992 to the new moon of December 24, 1992, a cycle of 29.65 days.