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The Moon on Tuesday, February 16, 1993: Waning Crescent, 22% lit

Waning · 22.1% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 01°

Moon age

24.7days

Moon phase on February 16, 1993Waning Crescent

Tuesday 16 February 1993394,167 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, February 16, 1993, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 22.1% of its visible face lit, 24.7 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

22.1%Illumination at noon UTC
24.7 dMoon age
394,167 km244,924 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (2°)
30.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to February 16, 1993 is on Saturday, February 6, 1993 at 23:55 UTC, 10 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, February 21, 1993 at 13:05 UTC, 5 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Saturday, February 13, 199314:57
New Moon (after)Sunday, February 21, 199313:05

The Moon around February 16

More about this date

Tuesday, February 16, 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.