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The Moon on Friday, October 1, 1993: Waning Gibbous, 99% lit

Waning · 99.4% lit · ♈︎ Aries 16°

Moon age

15.4days

Moon phase on October 1, 1993Waning Gibbous

Friday 1 October 1993406,294 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, October 1, 1993, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 99.4% of its visible face lit, 15.4 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

99.4%Illumination at noon UTC
15.4 dMoon age
406,294 km252,459 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (16°)
29.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 1, 1993 is on Thursday, September 30, 1993 at 18:54 UTC, 1 day earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, October 15, 1993 at 11:36 UTC, 14 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Thursday, September 30, 199318:54
Last Quarter (after)Friday, October 8, 199319:36

The Moon around October 1

More about this date

Friday, October 1, 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.