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The Moon on Saturday, December 25, 1993: Waxing Gibbous, 88% lit

Waxing · 88.2% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 23°

Moon age

12.1days

Moon phase on December 25, 1993Waxing Gibbous

Saturday 25 December 1993398,801 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, December 25, 1993, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 88.2% of its visible face lit, 12.1 days after the new moon and growing each night.

88.2%Illumination at noon UTC
12.1 dMoon age
398,801 km247,803 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (23°)
30.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 25, 1993 is on Tuesday, December 28, 1993 at 23:05 UTC, 3 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, December 13, 1993 at 09:27 UTC, 12 days earlier.

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

The Moon around December 25

More about this date

Saturday, December 25, 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.