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The Moon on Saturday, August 21, 1993: Waxing Crescent, 19% lit

Waxing · 19.1% lit · ♎︎ Libra 20°

Moon age

3.7days

Moon phase on August 21, 1993Waxing Crescent

Saturday 21 August 1993364,129 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, August 21, 1993, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 19.1% of its visible face lit, 3.7 days after the new moon and growing each night.

19.1%Illumination at noon UTC
3.7 dMoon age
364,129 km226,259 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (20°)
32.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 21, 1993 is on Wednesday, September 1, 1993 at 02:33 UTC, 11 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, August 17, 1993 at 19:28 UTC, 4 days earlier.

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

The Moon around August 21

More about this date

Saturday, August 21, 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.