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The Moon on Saturday, July 17, 1993: Waning Crescent, 5% lit

Waning · 4.9% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 29°

Moon age

27.4days

Moon phase on July 17, 1993Waning Crescent

Saturday 17 July 1993379,067 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, July 17, 1993, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 4.9% of its visible face lit, 27.4 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

4.9%Illumination at noon UTC
27.4 dMoon age
379,067 km235,541 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (29°)
31.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 17, 1993 is on Saturday, July 3, 1993 at 23:45 UTC, 14 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, July 19, 1993 at 11:24 UTC, 2 days later.

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

The Moon around July 17

More about this date

Saturday, July 17, 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.