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The Moon on Friday, April 16, 1993: Waning Crescent, 25% lit

Waning · 25.4% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 26°

Moon age

24.2days

Moon phase on April 16, 1993Waning Crescent

Friday 16 April 1993404,422 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, April 16, 1993, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 25.4% of its visible face lit, 24.2 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

25.4%Illumination at noon UTC
24.2 dMoon age
404,422 km251,296 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (26°)
29.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 16, 1993 is on Tuesday, April 6, 1993 at 18:43 UTC, 10 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, April 21, 1993 at 23:49 UTC, 5 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Tuesday, April 13, 199319:39
New Moon (after)Wednesday, April 21, 199323:49

The Moon around April 16

More about this date

Friday, April 16, 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.