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The Moon on Sunday, August 29, 1993: Waxing Gibbous, 94% lit

Waxing · 93.5% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 06°

Moon age

11.7days

Moon phase on August 29, 1993Waxing Gibbous

Sunday 29 August 1993397,290 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, August 29, 1993, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 93.5% of its visible face lit, 11.7 days after the new moon and growing each night.

93.5%Illumination at noon UTC
11.7 dMoon age
397,290 km246,865 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (7°)
30.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 29, 1993 is on Wednesday, September 1, 1993 at 02:33 UTC, 3 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, August 17, 1993 at 19:28 UTC, 12 days earlier.

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

The Moon around August 29

More about this date

Sunday, August 29, 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.