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The Moon on Wednesday, October 6, 1993: Waning Gibbous, 73% lit

Waning · 72.9% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 16°

Moon age

20.4days

Moon phase on October 6, 1993Waning Gibbous

Wednesday 6 October 1993395,175 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, October 6, 1993, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 72.9% of its visible face lit, 20.4 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

72.9%Illumination at noon UTC
20.4 dMoon age
395,175 km245,550 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (16°)
30.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 6, 1993 is on Thursday, September 30, 1993 at 18:54 UTC, 6 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, October 15, 1993 at 11:36 UTC, 9 days later.

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

The Moon around October 6

More about this date

Wednesday, October 6, 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.