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The Moon on Monday, January 4, 1993: Waxing Gibbous, 81% lit

Waxing · 81.1% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 22°

Moon age

11.5days

Moon phase on January 4, 1993Waxing Gibbous

Monday 4 January 1993385,483 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, January 4, 1993, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 81.1% of its visible face lit, 11.5 days after the new moon and growing each night.

81.1%Illumination at noon UTC
11.5 dMoon age
385,483 km239,528 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (22°)
31.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 4, 1993 is on Friday, January 8, 1993 at 12:37 UTC, 4 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, December 24, 1992 at 00:43 UTC, 11 days earlier.

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

The Moon around January 4

More about this date

Monday, January 4, 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.