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The Moon on Thursday, February 18, 1993: Waning Crescent, 8% lit

Waning · 8.4% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 26°

Moon age

26.7days

Moon phase on February 18, 1993Waning Crescent

Thursday 18 February 1993400,873 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, February 18, 1993, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 8.4% of its visible face lit, 26.7 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

8.4%Illumination at noon UTC
26.7 dMoon age
400,873 km249,091 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (26°)
29.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to February 18, 1993 is on Saturday, February 6, 1993 at 23:55 UTC, 12 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, February 21, 1993 at 13:05 UTC, 3 days later.

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

The Moon around February 18

More about this date

Thursday, February 18, 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.