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The Moon on Thursday, January 7, 1993: Waxing Gibbous, 99% lit

Waxing · 98.6% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 03°

Moon age

14.5days

Moon phase on January 7, 1993Waxing Gibbous

Thursday 7 January 1993369,139 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, January 7, 1993, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 98.6% of its visible face lit, 14.5 days after the new moon and growing each night.

98.6%Illumination at noon UTC
14.5 dMoon age
369,139 km229,372 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (3°)
32.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 7, 1993 is on Friday, January 8, 1993 at 12:37 UTC, 1 day later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, December 24, 1992 at 00:43 UTC, 14 days earlier.

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

The Moon around January 7

More about this date

Thursday, January 7, 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.