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The Moon on Friday, April 23, 1993: Waxing Crescent, 2% lit

Waxing · 2.2% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 20°

Moon age

1.5days

Moon phase on April 23, 1993Waxing Crescent

Friday 23 April 1993396,086 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, April 23, 1993, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 2.2% of its visible face lit, 1.5 days after the new moon and growing each night.

2.2%Illumination at noon UTC
1.5 dMoon age
396,086 km246,117 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (20°)
30.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 23, 1993 is on Thursday, May 6, 1993 at 03:34 UTC, 13 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, April 21, 1993 at 23:49 UTC, 2 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Wednesday, April 21, 199323:49
First Quarter (after)Thursday, April 29, 199312:41

The Moon around April 23

More about this date

Friday, April 23, 1993 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of April 21, 1993 to the new moon of May 21, 1993, a cycle of 29.60 days.