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The Moon on Sunday, January 3, 1993: Waxing Gibbous, 72% lit

Waxing · 72.4% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 09°

Moon age

10.5days

Moon phase on January 3, 1993Waxing Gibbous

Sunday 3 January 1993391,113 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, January 3, 1993, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 72.4% of its visible face lit, 10.5 days after the new moon and growing each night.

72.4%Illumination at noon UTC
10.5 dMoon age
391,113 km243,026 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (10°)
30.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 3, 1993 is on Friday, January 8, 1993 at 12:37 UTC, 5 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, December 24, 1992 at 00:43 UTC, 10 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Friday, January 1, 199303:39
Full Moon (after)Friday, January 8, 199312:37

The Moon around January 3

More about this date

Sunday, January 3, 1993 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.