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The Moon on Wednesday, September 15, 1993: Waning Crescent, 1% lit

Waning · 0.8% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 13°

Moon age

28.7days

Moon phase on September 15, 1993Waning Crescent

Wednesday 15 September 1993358,595 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, September 15, 1993, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 0.8% of its visible face lit, 28.7 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

0.8%Illumination at noon UTC
28.7 dMoon age
358,595 km222,821 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (14°)
33.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to September 15, 1993 is on Wednesday, September 1, 1993 at 02:33 UTC, 14 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, September 16, 1993 at 03:10 UTC, 1 day later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Thursday, September 9, 199306:27
New Moon (after)Thursday, September 16, 199303:10

The Moon around September 15

More about this date

Wednesday, September 15, 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.