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The Moon on Saturday, March 27, 1993: Waxing Crescent, 16% lit

Waxing · 15.7% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 23°

Moon age

4.2days

Moon phase on March 27, 1993Waxing Crescent

Saturday 27 March 1993396,231 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, March 27, 1993, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 15.7% of its visible face lit, 4.2 days after the new moon and growing each night.

15.7%Illumination at noon UTC
4.2 dMoon age
396,231 km246,207 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (23°)
30.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 27, 1993 is on Tuesday, April 6, 1993 at 18:43 UTC, 10 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, March 23, 1993 at 07:15 UTC, 4 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Tuesday, March 23, 199307:15
First Quarter (after)Wednesday, March 31, 199304:10

The Moon around March 27

More about this date

Saturday, March 27, 1993 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of March 23, 1993 to the new moon of April 21, 1993, a cycle of 29.69 days.