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The Moon on Monday, August 16, 1993: Waning Crescent, 3% lit

Waning · 2.6% lit · ♌︎ Leo 05°

Moon age

28.0days

Moon phase on August 16, 1993Waning Crescent

Monday 16 August 1993366,760 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, August 16, 1993, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 2.6% of its visible face lit, 28.0 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

2.6%Illumination at noon UTC
28.0 dMoon age
366,760 km227,894 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (6°)
32.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 16, 1993 is on Monday, August 2, 1993 at 12:10 UTC, 14 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, August 17, 1993 at 19:28 UTC, 1 day later.

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

The Moon around August 16

More about this date

Monday, August 16, 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.