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The Moon on Saturday, January 23, 1993: Waxing Crescent, 1% lit

Waxing · 0.6% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 11°

Moon age

0.7days

Moon phase on January 23, 1993Waxing Crescent

Saturday 23 January 1993402,626 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, January 23, 1993, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 0.6% of its visible face lit, 0.7 days after the new moon and growing each night.

0.6%Illumination at noon UTC
0.7 dMoon age
402,626 km250,180 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (12°)
29.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 23, 1993 is on Saturday, February 6, 1993 at 23:55 UTC, 14 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, January 22, 1993 at 18:27 UTC, 1 day earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Friday, January 22, 199318:27
First Quarter (after)Saturday, January 30, 199323:20

The Moon around January 23

More about this date

Saturday, January 23, 1993 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of January 22, 1993 to the new moon of February 21, 1993, a cycle of 29.78 days.