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The Moon on Thursday, April 22, 1993: Waxing Crescent, 0% lit

Waxing · 0.3% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 08°

Moon age

0.5days

Moon phase on April 22, 1993Waxing Crescent

Thursday 22 April 1993399,037 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, April 22, 1993, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 0.3% of its visible face lit, 0.5 days after the new moon and growing each night.

0.3%Illumination at noon UTC
0.5 dMoon age
399,037 km247,950 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (8°)
29.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 22, 1993 is on Thursday, May 6, 1993 at 03:34 UTC, 14 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, April 21, 1993 at 23:49 UTC, 1 day earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Wednesday, April 21, 199323:49
First Quarter (after)Thursday, April 29, 199312:41

The Moon around April 22

More about this date

Thursday, April 22, 1993 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of April 21, 1993 to the new moon of May 21, 1993, a cycle of 29.60 days.