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The Moon on Thursday, July 15, 1993: Waning Crescent, 18% lit

Waning · 17.9% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 03°

Moon age

25.4days

Moon phase on July 15, 1993Waning Crescent

Thursday 15 July 1993389,587 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, July 15, 1993, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 17.9% of its visible face lit, 25.4 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

17.9%Illumination at noon UTC
25.4 dMoon age
389,587 km242,078 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (3°)
30.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 15, 1993 is on Saturday, July 3, 1993 at 23:45 UTC, 12 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, July 19, 1993 at 11:24 UTC, 4 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Sunday, July 11, 199322:49
New Moon (after)Monday, July 19, 199311:24

The Moon around July 15

More about this date

Thursday, July 15, 1993 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of June 20, 1993 to the new moon of July 19, 1993, a cycle of 29.40 days.