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The Moon on Wednesday, October 27, 1993: Waxing Gibbous, 92% lit

Waxing · 91.9% lit · ♈︎ Aries 01°

Moon age

12.0days

Moon phase on October 27, 1993Waxing Gibbous

Wednesday 27 October 1993405,992 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, October 27, 1993, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 91.9% of its visible face lit, 12.0 days after the new moon and growing each night.

91.9%Illumination at noon UTC
12.0 dMoon age
405,992 km252,272 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (1°)
29.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 27, 1993 is on Saturday, October 30, 1993 at 12:38 UTC, 3 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, October 15, 1993 at 11:36 UTC, 12 days earlier.

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

The Moon around October 27

More about this date

Wednesday, October 27, 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.