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The Moon on Sunday, January 24, 1993: Waxing Crescent, 3% lit

Waxing · 2.9% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 23°

Moon age

1.7days

Moon phase on January 24, 1993Waxing Crescent

Sunday 24 January 1993404,450 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, January 24, 1993, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 2.9% of its visible face lit, 1.7 days after the new moon and growing each night.

2.9%Illumination at noon UTC
1.7 dMoon age
404,450 km251,313 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (24°)
29.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 24, 1993 is on Saturday, February 6, 1993 at 23:55 UTC, 13 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, January 22, 1993 at 18:27 UTC, 2 days earlier.

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

The Moon around January 24

More about this date

Sunday, January 24, 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.