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The Moon on Tuesday, April 27, 1993: Waxing Crescent, 29% lit

Waxing · 28.5% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 11°

Moon age

5.5days

Moon phase on April 27, 1993Waxing Crescent

Tuesday 27 April 1993381,706 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, April 27, 1993, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 28.5% of its visible face lit, 5.5 days after the new moon and growing each night.

28.5%Illumination at noon UTC
5.5 dMoon age
381,706 km237,181 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (12°)
31.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 27, 1993 is on Thursday, May 6, 1993 at 03:34 UTC, 9 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, April 21, 1993 at 23:49 UTC, 6 days earlier.

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

The Moon around April 27

More about this date

Tuesday, April 27, 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.