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The Moon on Saturday, January 9, 1993: Waning Gibbous, 99% lit

Waning · 98.6% lit · ♌︎ Leo 02°

Moon age

16.5days

Moon phase on January 9, 1993Waning Gibbous

Saturday 9 January 1993363,039 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, January 9, 1993, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 98.6% of its visible face lit, 16.5 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

98.6%Illumination at noon UTC
16.5 dMoon age
363,039 km225,582 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (3°)
32.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 9, 1993 is on Friday, January 8, 1993 at 12:37 UTC, 1 day earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, January 22, 1993 at 18:27 UTC, 13 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Friday, January 8, 199312:37
Last Quarter (after)Friday, January 15, 199304:01

The Moon around January 9

More about this date

Saturday, January 9, 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.