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The Moon on Tuesday, March 16, 1993: Waning Crescent, 37% lit

Waning · 36.9% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 11°

Moon age

23.0days

Moon phase on March 16, 1993Waning Crescent

Tuesday 16 March 1993394,688 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, March 16, 1993, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 36.9% of its visible face lit, 23.0 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

36.9%Illumination at noon UTC
23.0 dMoon age
394,688 km245,248 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (11°)
30.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 16, 1993 is on Monday, March 8, 1993 at 09:46 UTC, 8 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, March 23, 1993 at 07:15 UTC, 7 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Monday, March 15, 199304:17
New Moon (after)Tuesday, March 23, 199307:15

The Moon around March 16

More about this date

Tuesday, March 16, 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.