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The Moon on Friday, January 29, 1993: Waxing Crescent, 36% lit

Waxing · 36.0% lit · ♈︎ Aries 23°

Moon age

6.7days

Moon phase on January 29, 1993Waxing Crescent

Friday 29 January 1993401,023 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, January 29, 1993, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 36.0% of its visible face lit, 6.7 days after the new moon and growing each night.

36.0%Illumination at noon UTC
6.7 dMoon age
401,023 km249,184 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (23°)
29.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 29, 1993 is on Saturday, February 6, 1993 at 23:55 UTC, 8 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, January 22, 1993 at 18:27 UTC, 7 days earlier.

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

The Moon around January 29

More about this date

Friday, January 29, 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.