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The Moon on Wednesday, January 27, 1993: Waxing Crescent, 19% lit

Waxing · 19.2% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 29°

Moon age

4.7days

Moon phase on January 27, 1993Waxing Crescent

Wednesday 27 January 1993405,451 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, January 27, 1993, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 19.2% of its visible face lit, 4.7 days after the new moon and growing each night.

19.2%Illumination at noon UTC
4.7 dMoon age
405,451 km251,936 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (29°)
29.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 27, 1993 is on Saturday, February 6, 1993 at 23:55 UTC, 10 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, January 22, 1993 at 18:27 UTC, 5 days earlier.

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

The Moon around January 27

More about this date

Wednesday, January 27, 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.