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The Moon on Thursday, December 9, 1993: Waning Crescent, 20% lit

Waning · 19.6% lit · ♎︎ Libra 25°

Moon age

25.6days

Moon phase on December 9, 1993Waning Crescent

Thursday 9 December 1993366,017 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, December 9, 1993, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 19.6% of its visible face lit, 25.6 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

19.6%Illumination at noon UTC
25.6 dMoon age
366,017 km227,432 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (25°)
32.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 9, 1993 is on Monday, November 29, 1993 at 06:31 UTC, 10 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, December 13, 1993 at 09:27 UTC, 4 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Monday, December 6, 199315:49
New Moon (after)Monday, December 13, 199309:27

The Moon around December 9

More about this date

Thursday, December 9, 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.