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The Moon on Sunday, December 26, 1993: Waxing Gibbous, 94% lit

Waxing · 93.8% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 05°

Moon age

13.1days

Moon phase on December 26, 1993Waxing Gibbous

Sunday 26 December 1993395,267 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, December 26, 1993, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 93.8% of its visible face lit, 13.1 days after the new moon and growing each night.

93.8%Illumination at noon UTC
13.1 dMoon age
395,267 km245,608 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (6°)
30.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 26, 1993 is on Tuesday, December 28, 1993 at 23:05 UTC, 2 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, December 13, 1993 at 09:27 UTC, 13 days earlier.

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

The Moon around December 26

More about this date

Sunday, December 26, 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.