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The Moon on Tuesday, October 12, 1993: Waning Crescent, 13% lit

Waning · 13.2% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 06°

Moon age

26.4days

Moon phase on October 12, 1993Waning Crescent

Tuesday 12 October 1993363,275 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, October 12, 1993, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 13.2% of its visible face lit, 26.4 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

13.2%Illumination at noon UTC
26.4 dMoon age
363,275 km225,728 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (7°)
32.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 12, 1993 is on Thursday, September 30, 1993 at 18:54 UTC, 12 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, October 15, 1993 at 11:36 UTC, 3 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Friday, October 8, 199319:36
New Moon (after)Friday, October 15, 199311:36

The Moon around October 12

More about this date

Tuesday, October 12, 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.