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The Moon on Sunday, May 9, 1993: Waning Gibbous, 86% lit

Waning · 86.4% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 02°

Moon age

17.5days

Moon phase on May 9, 1993Waning Gibbous

Sunday 9 May 1993382,221 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, May 9, 1993, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 86.4% of its visible face lit, 17.5 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

86.4%Illumination at noon UTC
17.5 dMoon age
382,221 km237,501 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (2°)
31.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 9, 1993 is on Thursday, May 6, 1993 at 03:34 UTC, 3 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, May 21, 1993 at 14:07 UTC, 12 days later.

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

The Moon around May 9

More about this date

Sunday, May 9, 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.