Skip to content
The Moon on Wednesday, March 17, 1993: Waning Crescent, 28% lit

Waning · 27.8% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 23°

Moon age

24.0days

Moon phase on March 17, 1993Waning Crescent

Wednesday 17 March 1993398,939 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, March 17, 1993, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 27.8% of its visible face lit, 24.0 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

27.8%Illumination at noon UTC
24.0 dMoon age
398,939 km247,889 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (24°)
29.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 17, 1993 is on Monday, March 8, 1993 at 09:46 UTC, 9 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, March 23, 1993 at 07:15 UTC, 6 days later.

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

The Moon around March 17

More about this date

Wednesday, March 17, 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.