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The Moon on Wednesday, January 6, 1993: Waxing Gibbous, 95% lit

Waxing · 94.7% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 19°

Moon age

13.5days

Moon phase on January 6, 1993Waxing Gibbous

Wednesday 6 January 1993374,029 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, January 6, 1993, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 94.7% of its visible face lit, 13.5 days after the new moon and growing each night.

94.7%Illumination at noon UTC
13.5 dMoon age
374,029 km232,411 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (19°)
31.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 6, 1993 is on Friday, January 8, 1993 at 12:37 UTC, 2 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, December 24, 1992 at 00:43 UTC, 13 days earlier.

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

The Moon around January 6

More about this date

Wednesday, January 6, 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.