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The Moon on Friday, May 7, 1993: Waning Gibbous, 98% lit

Waning · 97.6% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 04°

Moon age

15.5days

Moon phase on May 7, 1993Waning Gibbous

Friday 7 May 1993371,465 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, May 7, 1993, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 97.6% of its visible face lit, 15.5 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

97.6%Illumination at noon UTC
15.5 dMoon age
371,465 km230,818 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (5°)
32.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 7, 1993 is on Thursday, May 6, 1993 at 03:34 UTC, 1 day earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, May 21, 1993 at 14:07 UTC, 14 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Thursday, May 6, 199303:34
Last Quarter (after)Thursday, May 13, 199312:20

The Moon around May 7

More about this date

Friday, May 7, 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.