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The Moon on Wednesday, May 26, 1993: Waxing Crescent, 26% lit

Waxing · 25.5% lit · ♌︎ Leo 05°

Moon age

4.9days

Moon phase on May 26, 1993Waxing Crescent

Wednesday 26 May 1993375,382 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, May 26, 1993, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 25.5% of its visible face lit, 4.9 days after the new moon and growing each night.

25.5%Illumination at noon UTC
4.9 dMoon age
375,382 km233,252 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (6°)
31.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 26, 1993 is on Friday, June 4, 1993 at 13:02 UTC, 9 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, May 21, 1993 at 14:07 UTC, 5 days earlier.

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

The Moon around May 26

More about this date

Wednesday, May 26, 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.