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The Moon on Wednesday, August 18, 1993: Waxing Crescent, 1% lit

Waxing · 0.9% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 05°

Moon age

0.7days

Moon phase on August 18, 1993Waxing Crescent

Wednesday 18 August 1993360,899 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, August 18, 1993, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 0.9% of its visible face lit, 0.7 days after the new moon and growing each night.

0.9%Illumination at noon UTC
0.7 dMoon age
360,899 km224,252 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (5°)
33.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 18, 1993 is on Wednesday, September 1, 1993 at 02:33 UTC, 14 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, August 17, 1993 at 19:28 UTC, 1 day earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Tuesday, August 17, 199319:28
First Quarter (after)Tuesday, August 24, 199309:57

The Moon around August 18

More about this date

Wednesday, August 18, 1993 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of August 17, 1993 to the new moon of September 16, 1993, a cycle of 29.32 days.