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The Moon on Friday, October 22, 1993: First Quarter, 51% lit

Waxing · 51.4% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 00°

First Quarter at

08:52UTC

Moon phase on October 22, 1993First Quarter

Friday 22 October 1993391,726 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, October 22, 1993, the Moon was a First Quarter: 51.4% of its visible face lit, 7.0 days after the new moon and growing each night. The exact First Quarter happened at .

51.4%Illumination at noon UTC
7.0 dMoon age
391,726 km243,407 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (1°)
30.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 22, 1993 is on Saturday, October 30, 1993 at 12:38 UTC, 8 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, October 15, 1993 at 11:36 UTC, 7 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Friday, October 15, 199311:36
First Quarter (this day)Friday, October 22, 199308:52
Full Moon (after)Saturday, October 30, 199312:38

The Moon around October 22

More about this date

Friday, October 22, 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.