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The Moon on Monday, October 18, 1993: Waxing Crescent, 13% lit

Waxing · 12.8% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 06°

Moon age

3.0days

Moon phase on October 18, 1993Waxing Crescent

Monday 18 October 1993367,772 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, October 18, 1993, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 12.8% of its visible face lit, 3.0 days after the new moon and growing each night.

12.8%Illumination at noon UTC
3.0 dMoon age
367,772 km228,523 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (7°)
32.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 18, 1993 is on Saturday, October 30, 1993 at 12:38 UTC, 12 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, October 15, 1993 at 11:36 UTC, 3 days earlier.

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

The Moon around October 18

More about this date

Monday, October 18, 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.