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The Moon on Monday, December 20, 1993: First Quarter, 46% lit

Waxing · 46.0% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 23°

First Quarter at

22:26UTC

Moon phase on December 20, 1993First Quarter

Monday 20 December 1993402,338 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, December 20, 1993, the Moon was a First Quarter: 46.0% of its visible face lit, 7.1 days after the new moon and growing each night. The exact First Quarter happened at .

46.0%Illumination at noon UTC
7.1 dMoon age
402,338 km250,001 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (24°)
29.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 20, 1993 is on Tuesday, December 28, 1993 at 23:05 UTC, 8 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, December 13, 1993 at 09:27 UTC, 7 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Monday, December 13, 199309:27
First Quarter (this day)Monday, December 20, 199322:26
Full Moon (after)Tuesday, December 28, 199323:05

The Moon around December 20

More about this date

Monday, December 20, 1993 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of December 13, 1993 to the new moon of January 11, 1994, a cycle of 29.57 days.