Moon Exactly

Daily lunar detail

January 1993 Moon Calendar

The month opens with a First Quarter and closes with a First Quarter. It contains 5 exact major phase events.

SunMonTueWedThuFriSat1First Quarter2345678Full Moon9101112131415Last Quarter16171819202122New Moon2324252627282930First Quarter31

Icons use the common Northern Hemisphere convention: waxing light on the right, waning light on the left. Your sky may appear rotated at other latitudes.

First QuarterJanuary 1, 1993 at 3:39 AM UTC
Full MoonJanuary 8, 1993 at 12:37 PM UTC
Last QuarterJanuary 15, 1993 at 4:01 AM UTC
New MoonJanuary 22, 1993 at 6:27 PM UTC
First QuarterJanuary 30, 1993 at 11:20 PM UTC

The lunar story of January 1993

New Moon occurs January 22, 1993. Full Moon occurs January 8, 1993. The first major event is First Quarter on January 1, 1993, and the month progresses from 53% to 55% illumination at noon UTC on its boundary dates.

Choosing a day

Select any Moon to open its precise phase angle, illuminated fraction, elapsed age since New Moon, trend, and neighboring event. Date result pages remain shareable but are excluded from search indexing.

Questions, answered

Frequently asked questions

What time are daily phases calculated?

12:00 UTC, chosen deliberately to keep date-only selections stable worldwide.

Why can a local phase event fall on another date?

An event near 00:00 UTC may occur on the previous local date west of Greenwich or the next local date east of it.

Do the icons show sky orientation?

They use a Northern Hemisphere convention; actual orientation rotates with latitude and viewing angle.