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The Moon on Wednesday, May 12, 1993: Waning Gibbous, 60% lit

Waning · 59.9% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 10°

Moon age

20.5days

Moon phase on May 12, 1993Waning Gibbous

Wednesday 12 May 1993397,774 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, May 12, 1993, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 59.9% of its visible face lit, 20.5 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

59.9%Illumination at noon UTC
20.5 dMoon age
397,774 km247,165 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (10°)
30.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

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

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

The Moon around May 12

More about this date

Wednesday, May 12, 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.