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The Moon on Monday, December 21, 1992: Waning Crescent, 7% lit

Waning · 6.9% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 29°

Moon age

27.1days

Moon phase on December 21, 1992Waning Crescent

Monday 21 December 1992382,883 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, December 21, 1992, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 6.9% of its visible face lit, 27.1 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

6.9%Illumination at noon UTC
27.1 dMoon age
382,883 km237,912 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (30°)
31.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 21, 1992 is on Wednesday, December 9, 1992 at 23:41 UTC, 12 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, December 24, 1992 at 00:43 UTC, 3 days later.

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

The Moon around December 21

More about this date

Monday, December 21, 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.