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The Moon on Saturday, January 16, 1993: Waning Crescent, 36% lit

Waning · 35.7% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 13°

Moon age

23.5days

Moon phase on January 16, 1993Waning Crescent

Saturday 16 January 1993379,811 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, January 16, 1993, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 35.7% of its visible face lit, 23.5 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

35.7%Illumination at noon UTC
23.5 dMoon age
379,811 km236,003 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (13°)
31.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 16, 1993 is on Friday, January 8, 1993 at 12:37 UTC, 8 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, January 22, 1993 at 18:27 UTC, 6 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Friday, January 15, 199304:01
New Moon (after)Friday, January 22, 199318:27

The Moon around January 16

More about this date

Saturday, January 16, 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.