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The Moon on Monday, April 26, 1993: Waxing Crescent, 19% lit

Waxing · 19.5% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 28°

Moon age

4.5days

Moon phase on April 26, 1993Waxing Crescent

Monday 26 April 1993385,611 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, April 26, 1993, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 19.5% of its visible face lit, 4.5 days after the new moon and growing each night.

19.5%Illumination at noon UTC
4.5 dMoon age
385,611 km239,607 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (29°)
31.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 26, 1993 is on Thursday, May 6, 1993 at 03:34 UTC, 10 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, April 21, 1993 at 23:49 UTC, 5 days earlier.

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

The Moon around April 26

More about this date

Monday, April 26, 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.