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The Moon on Friday, August 20, 1993: Waxing Crescent, 11% lit

Waxing · 10.6% lit · ♎︎ Libra 05°

Moon age

2.7days

Moon phase on August 20, 1993Waxing Crescent

Friday 20 August 1993361,564 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, August 20, 1993, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 10.6% of its visible face lit, 2.7 days after the new moon and growing each night.

10.6%Illumination at noon UTC
2.7 dMoon age
361,564 km224,665 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (5°)
33.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 20, 1993 is on Wednesday, September 1, 1993 at 02:33 UTC, 12 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, August 17, 1993 at 19:28 UTC, 3 days earlier.

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

The Moon around August 20

More about this date

Friday, August 20, 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.