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The Moon on Friday, December 24, 1993: Waxing Gibbous, 81% lit

Waxing · 81.3% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 11°

Moon age

11.1days

Moon phase on December 24, 1993Waxing Gibbous

Friday 24 December 1993401,682 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, December 24, 1993, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 81.3% of its visible face lit, 11.1 days after the new moon and growing each night.

81.3%Illumination at noon UTC
11.1 dMoon age
401,682 km249,594 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (11°)
29.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 24, 1993 is on Tuesday, December 28, 1993 at 23:05 UTC, 4 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, December 13, 1993 at 09:27 UTC, 11 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Monday, December 20, 199322:26
Full Moon (after)Tuesday, December 28, 199323:05

The Moon around December 24

More about this date

Friday, December 24, 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.