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The Moon on Friday, July 16, 1993: Waning Crescent, 11% lit

Waning · 10.6% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 16°

Moon age

26.4days

Moon phase on July 16, 1993Waning Crescent

Friday 16 July 1993384,319 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, July 16, 1993, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 10.6% of its visible face lit, 26.4 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

10.6%Illumination at noon UTC
26.4 dMoon age
384,319 km238,804 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (16°)
31.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 16, 1993 is on Saturday, July 3, 1993 at 23:45 UTC, 13 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, July 19, 1993 at 11:24 UTC, 3 days later.

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

The Moon around July 16

More about this date

Friday, July 16, 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.