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The Moon on Tuesday, October 26, 1993: Waxing Gibbous, 86% lit

Waxing · 86.0% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 19°

Moon age

11.0days

Moon phase on October 26, 1993Waxing Gibbous

Tuesday 26 October 1993405,136 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, October 26, 1993, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 86.0% of its visible face lit, 11.0 days after the new moon and growing each night.

86.0%Illumination at noon UTC
11.0 dMoon age
405,136 km251,740 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (19°)
29.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 26, 1993 is on Saturday, October 30, 1993 at 12:38 UTC, 4 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, October 15, 1993 at 11:36 UTC, 11 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Friday, October 22, 199308:52
Full Moon (after)Saturday, October 30, 199312:38

The Moon around October 26

More about this date

Tuesday, October 26, 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.