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The Moon on Thursday, December 2, 1993: Waning Gibbous, 89% lit

Waning · 89.5% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 18°

Moon age

18.6days

Moon phase on December 2, 1993Waning Gibbous

Thursday 2 December 1993385,859 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, December 2, 1993, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 89.5% of its visible face lit, 18.6 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

89.5%Illumination at noon UTC
18.6 dMoon age
385,859 km239,762 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (18°)
31.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 2, 1993 is on Monday, November 29, 1993 at 06:31 UTC, 3 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, December 13, 1993 at 09:27 UTC, 11 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Monday, November 29, 199306:31
Last Quarter (after)Monday, December 6, 199315:49

The Moon around December 2

More about this date

Thursday, December 2, 1993 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of November 13, 1993 to the new moon of December 13, 1993, a cycle of 29.49 days.