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The Moon on Tuesday, May 18, 1993: Waning Crescent, 9% lit

Waning · 9.3% lit · ♈︎ Aries 22°

Moon age

26.5days

Moon phase on May 18, 1993Waning Crescent

Tuesday 18 May 1993401,344 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, May 18, 1993, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 9.3% of its visible face lit, 26.5 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

9.3%Illumination at noon UTC
26.5 dMoon age
401,344 km249,383 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (22°)
29.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 18, 1993 is on Thursday, May 6, 1993 at 03:34 UTC, 12 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, May 21, 1993 at 14:07 UTC, 3 days later.

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

The Moon around May 18

More about this date

Tuesday, May 18, 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.