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The Moon on Sunday, August 22, 1993: Waxing Crescent, 29% lit

Waxing · 29.1% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 04°

Moon age

4.7days

Moon phase on August 22, 1993Waxing Crescent

Sunday 22 August 1993367,775 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, August 22, 1993, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 29.1% of its visible face lit, 4.7 days after the new moon and growing each night.

29.1%Illumination at noon UTC
4.7 dMoon age
367,775 km228,525 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (5°)
32.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 22, 1993 is on Wednesday, September 1, 1993 at 02:33 UTC, 10 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, August 17, 1993 at 19:28 UTC, 5 days earlier.

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

The Moon around August 22

More about this date

Sunday, August 22, 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.