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The Moon on Saturday, May 22, 1993: Waxing Crescent, 1% lit

Waxing · 0.9% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 12°

Moon age

0.9days

Moon phase on May 22, 1993Waxing Crescent

Saturday 22 May 1993387,992 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, May 22, 1993, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 0.9% of its visible face lit, 0.9 days after the new moon and growing each night.

0.9%Illumination at noon UTC
0.9 dMoon age
387,992 km241,087 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (12°)
30.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 22, 1993 is on Friday, June 4, 1993 at 13:02 UTC, 13 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, May 21, 1993 at 14:07 UTC, 1 day earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Friday, May 21, 199314:07
First Quarter (after)Friday, May 28, 199318:22

The Moon around May 22

More about this date

Saturday, May 22, 1993 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of May 21, 1993 to the new moon of June 20, 1993, a cycle of 29.49 days.