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The Moon on Monday, May 17, 1993: Waning Crescent, 16% lit

Waning · 15.7% lit · ♈︎ Aries 10°

Moon age

25.5days

Moon phase on May 17, 1993Waning Crescent

Monday 17 May 1993403,484 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, May 17, 1993, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 15.7% of its visible face lit, 25.5 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

15.7%Illumination at noon UTC
25.5 dMoon age
403,484 km250,713 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (10°)
29.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 17, 1993 is on Thursday, May 6, 1993 at 03:34 UTC, 11 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, May 21, 1993 at 14:07 UTC, 4 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Thursday, May 13, 199312:20
New Moon (after)Friday, May 21, 199314:07

The Moon around May 17

More about this date

Monday, May 17, 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.