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The Moon on Wednesday, September 22, 1993: First Quarter, 47% lit

Waxing · 46.8% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 25°

First Quarter at

19:32UTC

Moon phase on September 22, 1993First Quarter

Wednesday 22 September 1993381,375 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, September 22, 1993, the Moon was a First Quarter: 46.8% of its visible face lit, 6.4 days after the new moon and growing each night. The exact First Quarter happened at .

46.8%Illumination at noon UTC
6.4 dMoon age
381,375 km236,975 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (26°)
31.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to September 22, 1993 is on Thursday, September 30, 1993 at 18:54 UTC, 8 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, September 16, 1993 at 03:10 UTC, 6 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Thursday, September 16, 199303:10
First Quarter (this day)Wednesday, September 22, 199319:32
Full Moon (after)Thursday, September 30, 199318:54

The Moon around September 22

More about this date

Wednesday, September 22, 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.