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The Moon on Friday, August 6, 1993: Waning Gibbous, 86% lit

Waning · 85.5% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 28°

Moon age

18.0days

Moon phase on August 6, 1993Waning Gibbous

Friday 6 August 1993405,020 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, August 6, 1993, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 85.5% of its visible face lit, 18.0 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

85.5%Illumination at noon UTC
18.0 dMoon age
405,020 km251,668 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (29°)
29.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 6, 1993 is on Monday, August 2, 1993 at 12:10 UTC, 4 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, August 17, 1993 at 19:28 UTC, 11 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Monday, August 2, 199312:10
Last Quarter (after)Tuesday, August 10, 199315:20

The Moon around August 6

More about this date

Friday, August 6, 1993 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of July 19, 1993 to the new moon of August 17, 1993, a cycle of 29.34 days.