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The Moon on Friday, October 8, 1993: Last Quarter, 53% lit

Waning · 53.5% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 11°

Last Quarter at

19:36UTC

Moon phase on October 8, 1993Last Quarter

Friday 8 October 1993385,368 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, October 8, 1993, the Moon was a Last Quarter: 53.5% of its visible face lit, 22.4 days after the new moon and shrinking each night. The exact Last Quarter happened at .

53.5%Illumination at noon UTC
22.4 dMoon age
385,368 km239,456 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (11°)
31.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 8, 1993 is on Thursday, September 30, 1993 at 18:54 UTC, 8 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, October 15, 1993 at 11:36 UTC, 7 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Thursday, September 30, 199318:54
Last Quarter (this day)Friday, October 8, 199319:36
New Moon (after)Friday, October 15, 199311:36

The Moon around October 8

More about this date

Friday, October 8, 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.