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The Moon on Wednesday, April 28, 1993: Waxing Crescent, 39% lit

Waxing · 38.8% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 25°

Moon age

6.5days

Moon phase on April 28, 1993Waxing Crescent

Wednesday 28 April 1993377,696 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, April 28, 1993, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 38.8% of its visible face lit, 6.5 days after the new moon and growing each night.

38.8%Illumination at noon UTC
6.5 dMoon age
377,696 km234,689 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (25°)
31.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 28, 1993 is on Thursday, May 6, 1993 at 03:34 UTC, 8 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, April 21, 1993 at 23:49 UTC, 7 days earlier.

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

The Moon around April 28

More about this date

Wednesday, April 28, 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.