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The Moon on Friday, December 31, 1993: Waning Gibbous, 92% lit

Waning · 92.5% lit · ♌︎ Leo 11°

Moon age

18.1days

Moon phase on December 31, 1993Waning Gibbous

Friday 31 December 1993377,258 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, December 31, 1993, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 92.5% of its visible face lit, 18.1 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

92.5%Illumination at noon UTC
18.1 dMoon age
377,258 km234,417 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (11°)
31.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 31, 1993 is on Tuesday, December 28, 1993 at 23:05 UTC, 3 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, January 11, 1994 at 23:11 UTC, 11 days later.

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

The Moon around December 31

More about this date

Friday, December 31, 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.