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The Moon on Wednesday, May 19, 1993: Waning Crescent, 4% lit

Waning · 4.4% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 04°

Moon age

27.5days

Moon phase on May 19, 1993Waning Crescent

Wednesday 19 May 1993398,495 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, May 19, 1993, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 4.4% of its visible face lit, 27.5 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

4.4%Illumination at noon UTC
27.5 dMoon age
398,495 km247,613 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (4°)
30.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 19, 1993 is on Thursday, May 6, 1993 at 03:34 UTC, 13 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, May 21, 1993 at 14:07 UTC, 2 days later.

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

The Moon around May 19

More about this date

Wednesday, May 19, 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.