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The Moon on Thursday, October 28, 1993: Waxing Gibbous, 96% lit

Waxing · 96.2% lit · ♈︎ Aries 13°

Moon age

13.0days

Moon phase on October 28, 1993Waxing Gibbous

Thursday 28 October 1993405,994 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, October 28, 1993, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 96.2% of its visible face lit, 13.0 days after the new moon and growing each night.

96.2%Illumination at noon UTC
13.0 dMoon age
405,994 km252,273 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (13°)
29.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 28, 1993 is on Saturday, October 30, 1993 at 12:38 UTC, 2 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, October 15, 1993 at 11:36 UTC, 13 days earlier.

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

The Moon around October 28

More about this date

Thursday, October 28, 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.