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The Moon on Sunday, March 28, 1993: Waxing Crescent, 24% lit

Waxing · 23.6% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 05°

Moon age

5.2days

Moon phase on March 28, 1993Waxing Crescent

Sunday 28 March 1993392,331 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, March 28, 1993, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 23.6% of its visible face lit, 5.2 days after the new moon and growing each night.

23.6%Illumination at noon UTC
5.2 dMoon age
392,331 km243,783 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (6°)
30.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 28, 1993 is on Tuesday, April 6, 1993 at 18:43 UTC, 9 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, March 23, 1993 at 07:15 UTC, 5 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Tuesday, March 23, 199307:15
First Quarter (after)Wednesday, March 31, 199304:10

The Moon around March 28

More about this date

Sunday, March 28, 1993 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of March 23, 1993 to the new moon of April 21, 1993, a cycle of 29.69 days.