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The Moon on Monday, August 30, 1993: Waxing Gibbous, 97% lit

Waxing · 97.4% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 19°

Moon age

12.7days

Moon phase on August 30, 1993Waxing Gibbous

Monday 30 August 1993400,134 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, August 30, 1993, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 97.4% of its visible face lit, 12.7 days after the new moon and growing each night.

97.4%Illumination at noon UTC
12.7 dMoon age
400,134 km248,631 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (19°)
29.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 30, 1993 is on Wednesday, September 1, 1993 at 02:33 UTC, 2 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, August 17, 1993 at 19:28 UTC, 13 days earlier.

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

The Moon around August 30

More about this date

Monday, August 30, 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.