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The Moon on Tuesday, August 17, 1993: New Moon, 0% lit

Waning · 0.3% lit · ♌︎ Leo 20°

New Moon at

19:28UTC

Moon phase on August 17, 1993New Moon

Tuesday 17 August 1993363,062 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, August 17, 1993, the Moon was a New Moon: 0.3% of its visible face lit, 29.0 days after the new moon and between the Earth and the Sun, so it is not visible. The exact New Moon happened at .

0.3%Illumination at noon UTC
29.0 dMoon age
363,062 km225,596 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (20°)
32.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
NewDark side faces Earth

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 17, 1993 is on Wednesday, September 1, 1993 at 02:33 UTC, 15 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, August 17, 1993 at 19:28 UTC, the same day.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Tuesday, August 10, 199315:20
New Moon (this day)Tuesday, August 17, 199319:28
First Quarter (after)Tuesday, August 24, 199309:57

The Moon around August 17

More about this date

Tuesday, August 17, 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.