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The Moon on Thursday, August 12, 1993: Waning Crescent, 32% lit

Waning · 31.9% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 11°

Moon age

24.0days

Moon phase on August 12, 1993Waning Crescent

Thursday 12 August 1993389,203 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, August 12, 1993, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 31.9% of its visible face lit, 24.0 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

31.9%Illumination at noon UTC
24.0 dMoon age
389,203 km241,840 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (11°)
30.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 12, 1993 is on Monday, August 2, 1993 at 12:10 UTC, 10 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, August 17, 1993 at 19:28 UTC, 5 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Tuesday, August 10, 199315:20
New Moon (after)Tuesday, August 17, 199319:28

The Moon around August 12

More about this date

Thursday, August 12, 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.