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The Moon on Saturday, April 17, 1993: Waning Crescent, 18% lit

Waning · 17.6% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 08°

Moon age

25.2days

Moon phase on April 17, 1993Waning Crescent

Saturday 17 April 1993405,690 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, April 17, 1993, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 17.6% of its visible face lit, 25.2 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

17.6%Illumination at noon UTC
25.2 dMoon age
405,690 km252,084 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (8°)
29.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 17, 1993 is on Tuesday, April 6, 1993 at 18:43 UTC, 11 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, April 21, 1993 at 23:49 UTC, 4 days later.

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

The Moon around April 17

More about this date

Saturday, April 17, 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.