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The Moon on Tuesday, December 29, 1992: Waxing Crescent, 26% lit

Waxing · 26.1% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 09°

Moon age

5.5days

Moon phase on December 29, 1992Waxing Crescent

Tuesday 29 December 1992405,034 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, December 29, 1992, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 26.1% of its visible face lit, 5.5 days after the new moon and growing each night.

26.1%Illumination at noon UTC
5.5 dMoon age
405,034 km251,677 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (9°)
29.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 29, 1992 is on Friday, January 8, 1993 at 12:37 UTC, 10 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, December 24, 1992 at 00:43 UTC, 5 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Thursday, December 24, 199200:43
First Quarter (after)Friday, January 1, 199303:39

The Moon around December 29

More about this date

Tuesday, December 29, 1992 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of December 24, 1992 to the new moon of January 22, 1993, a cycle of 29.74 days.