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The Moon on Thursday, April 29, 1993: First Quarter, 50% lit

Waxing · 49.8% lit · ♌︎ Leo 08°

First Quarter at

12:41UTC

Moon phase on April 29, 1993First Quarter

Thursday 29 April 1993373,713 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, April 29, 1993, the Moon was a First Quarter: 49.8% of its visible face lit, 7.5 days after the new moon and growing each night. The exact First Quarter happened at .

49.8%Illumination at noon UTC
7.5 dMoon age
373,713 km232,214 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (9°)
32.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 29, 1993 is on Thursday, May 6, 1993 at 03:34 UTC, 7 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, April 21, 1993 at 23:49 UTC, 8 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Wednesday, April 21, 199323:49
First Quarter (this day)Thursday, April 29, 199312:41
Full Moon (after)Thursday, May 6, 199303:34

The Moon around April 29

More about this date

Thursday, April 29, 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.