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The Moon on Friday, December 18, 1992: Waning Crescent, 31% lit

Waning · 31.4% lit · ♎︎ Libra 18°

Moon age

24.1days

Moon phase on December 18, 1992Waning Crescent

Friday 18 December 1992374,564 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, December 18, 1992, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 31.4% of its visible face lit, 24.1 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

31.4%Illumination at noon UTC
24.1 dMoon age
374,564 km232,743 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (19°)
31.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 18, 1992 is on Wednesday, December 9, 1992 at 23:41 UTC, 9 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, December 24, 1992 at 00:43 UTC, 6 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Wednesday, December 16, 199219:13
New Moon (after)Thursday, December 24, 199200:43

The Moon around December 18

More about this date

Friday, December 18, 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.