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The Moon on Wednesday, March 31, 1993: First Quarter, 54% lit

Waxing · 53.7% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 14°

First Quarter at

04:10UTC

Moon phase on March 31, 1993First Quarter

Wednesday 31 March 1993377,546 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, March 31, 1993, the Moon was a First Quarter: 53.7% of its visible face lit, 8.2 days after the new moon and growing each night. The exact First Quarter happened at .

53.7%Illumination at noon UTC
8.2 dMoon age
377,546 km234,596 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (15°)
31.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 31, 1993 is on Tuesday, April 6, 1993 at 18:43 UTC, 6 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, March 23, 1993 at 07:15 UTC, 8 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Tuesday, March 23, 199307:15
First Quarter (this day)Wednesday, March 31, 199304:10
Full Moon (after)Tuesday, April 6, 199318:43

The Moon around March 31

More about this date

Wednesday, March 31, 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.