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The Moon on Thursday, May 20, 1993: Waning Crescent, 1% lit

Waning · 1.3% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 16°

Moon age

28.5days

Moon phase on May 20, 1993Waning Crescent

Thursday 20 May 1993395,173 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, May 20, 1993, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 1.3% of its visible face lit, 28.5 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

1.3%Illumination at noon UTC
28.5 dMoon age
395,173 km245,549 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (17°)
30.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 20, 1993 is on Thursday, May 6, 1993 at 03:34 UTC, 14 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, May 21, 1993 at 14:07 UTC, 1 day later.

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

The Moon around May 20

More about this date

Thursday, May 20, 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.