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The Moon on Monday, December 27, 1993: Waxing Gibbous, 98% lit

Waxing · 97.7% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 18°

Moon age

14.1days

Moon phase on December 27, 1993Waxing Gibbous

Monday 27 December 1993391,373 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, December 27, 1993, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 97.7% of its visible face lit, 14.1 days after the new moon and growing each night.

97.7%Illumination at noon UTC
14.1 dMoon age
391,373 km243,188 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (18°)
30.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 27, 1993 is on Tuesday, December 28, 1993 at 23:05 UTC, 1 day later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, December 13, 1993 at 09:27 UTC, 14 days earlier.

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

The Moon around December 27

More about this date

Monday, December 27, 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.