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The Moon on Saturday, October 16, 1993: Waxing Crescent, 2% lit

Waxing · 1.6% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 07°

Moon age

1.0days

Moon phase on October 16, 1993Waxing Crescent

Saturday 16 October 1993359,217 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, October 16, 1993, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 1.6% of its visible face lit, 1.0 days after the new moon and growing each night.

1.6%Illumination at noon UTC
1.0 dMoon age
359,217 km223,207 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (8°)
33.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 16, 1993 is on Saturday, October 30, 1993 at 12:38 UTC, 14 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, October 15, 1993 at 11:36 UTC, 1 day earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Friday, October 15, 199311:36
First Quarter (after)Friday, October 22, 199308:52

The Moon around October 16

More about this date

Saturday, October 16, 1993 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of October 15, 1993 to the new moon of November 13, 1993, a cycle of 29.42 days.