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The Moon on Tuesday, January 26, 1993: Waxing Crescent, 12% lit

Waxing · 12.4% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 17°

Moon age

3.7days

Moon phase on January 26, 1993Waxing Crescent

Tuesday 26 January 1993406,017 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, January 26, 1993, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 12.4% of its visible face lit, 3.7 days after the new moon and growing each night.

12.4%Illumination at noon UTC
3.7 dMoon age
406,017 km252,287 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (17°)
29.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 26, 1993 is on Saturday, February 6, 1993 at 23:55 UTC, 11 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, January 22, 1993 at 18:27 UTC, 4 days earlier.

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

The Moon around January 26

More about this date

Tuesday, January 26, 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.