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The Moon on Tuesday, February 23, 1993: Waxing Crescent, 4% lit

Waxing · 3.6% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 26°

Moon age

2.0days

Moon phase on February 23, 1993Waxing Crescent

Tuesday 23 February 1993406,420 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, February 23, 1993, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 3.6% of its visible face lit, 2.0 days after the new moon and growing each night.

3.6%Illumination at noon UTC
2.0 dMoon age
406,420 km252,537 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (26°)
29.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to February 23, 1993 is on Monday, March 8, 1993 at 09:46 UTC, 13 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, February 21, 1993 at 13:05 UTC, 2 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Sunday, February 21, 199313:05
First Quarter (after)Monday, March 1, 199315:47

The Moon around February 23

More about this date

Tuesday, February 23, 1993 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of February 21, 1993 to the new moon of March 23, 1993, a cycle of 29.76 days.