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The Moon on Friday, April 9, 1993: Waning Gibbous, 90% lit

Waning · 89.8% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 26°

Moon age

17.2days

Moon phase on April 9, 1993Waning Gibbous

Friday 9 April 1993370,011 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, April 9, 1993, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 89.8% of its visible face lit, 17.2 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

89.8%Illumination at noon UTC
17.2 dMoon age
370,011 km229,914 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (27°)
32.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 9, 1993 is on Tuesday, April 6, 1993 at 18:43 UTC, 3 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, April 21, 1993 at 23:49 UTC, 12 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Tuesday, April 6, 199318:43
Last Quarter (after)Tuesday, April 13, 199319:39

The Moon around April 9

More about this date

Friday, April 9, 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.