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The Moon on Tuesday, August 31, 1993: Waxing Gibbous, 99% lit

Waxing · 99.5% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 01°

Moon age

13.7days

Moon phase on August 31, 1993Waxing Gibbous

Tuesday 31 August 1993402,489 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, August 31, 1993, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 99.5% of its visible face lit, 13.7 days after the new moon and growing each night.

99.5%Illumination at noon UTC
13.7 dMoon age
402,489 km250,095 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (1°)
29.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 31, 1993 is on Wednesday, September 1, 1993 at 02:33 UTC, 1 day later, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, August 17, 1993 at 19:28 UTC, 14 days earlier.

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

The Moon around August 31

More about this date

Tuesday, August 31, 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.