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The Moon on Friday, September 17, 1993: Waxing Crescent, 3% lit

Waxing · 3.0% lit · ♎︎ Libra 14°

Moon age

1.4days

Moon phase on September 17, 1993Waxing Crescent

Friday 17 September 1993358,158 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, September 17, 1993, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 3.0% of its visible face lit, 1.4 days after the new moon and growing each night.

3.0%Illumination at noon UTC
1.4 dMoon age
358,158 km222,549 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (14°)
33.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to September 17, 1993 is on Thursday, September 30, 1993 at 18:54 UTC, 13 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, September 16, 1993 at 03:10 UTC, 1 day earlier.

The Moon around September 17

More about this date

Friday, September 17, 1993 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of September 16, 1993 to the new moon of October 15, 1993, a cycle of 29.35 days.