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The Moon on Friday, May 21, 1993: New Moon, 0% lit

Waning · 0.0% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 29°

New Moon at

14:07UTC

Moon phase on May 21, 1993New Moon

Friday 21 May 1993391,607 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, May 21, 1993, the Moon was a New Moon: 0.0% of its visible face lit, 29.5 days after the new moon and between the Earth and the Sun, so it is not visible. The exact New Moon happened at .

0.0%Illumination at noon UTC
29.5 dMoon age
391,607 km243,333 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (29°)
30.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
NewDark side faces Earth

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 21, 1993 is on Friday, June 4, 1993 at 13:02 UTC, 14 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, May 21, 1993 at 14:07 UTC, the same day.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Thursday, May 13, 199312:20
New Moon (this day)Friday, May 21, 199314:07
First Quarter (after)Friday, May 28, 199318:22

The Moon around May 21

More about this date

Friday, May 21, 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.