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The Moon on Saturday, August 28, 1993: Waxing Gibbous, 88% lit

Waxing · 87.8% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 24°

Moon age

10.7days

Moon phase on August 28, 1993Waxing Gibbous

Saturday 28 August 1993393,979 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, August 28, 1993, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 87.8% of its visible face lit, 10.7 days after the new moon and growing each night.

87.8%Illumination at noon UTC
10.7 dMoon age
393,979 km244,807 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (24°)
30.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

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

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Tuesday, August 24, 199309:57
Full Moon (after)Wednesday, September 1, 199302:33

The Moon around August 28

More about this date

Saturday, August 28, 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.