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The Moon on Thursday, December 30, 1993: Waning Gibbous, 97% lit

Waning · 97.2% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 27°

Moon age

17.1days

Moon phase on December 30, 1993Waning Gibbous

Thursday 30 December 1993380,189 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, December 30, 1993, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 97.2% of its visible face lit, 17.1 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

97.2%Illumination at noon UTC
17.1 dMoon age
380,189 km236,238 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (28°)
31.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 30, 1993 is on Tuesday, December 28, 1993 at 23:05 UTC, 2 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, January 11, 1994 at 23:11 UTC, 12 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Tuesday, December 28, 199323:05
Last Quarter (after)Wednesday, January 5, 199400:01

The Moon around December 30

More about this date

Thursday, December 30, 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.