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The Moon on Thursday, May 27, 1993: Waxing Crescent, 36% lit

Waxing · 35.9% lit · ♌︎ Leo 19°

Moon age

5.9days

Moon phase on May 27, 1993Waxing Crescent

Thursday 27 May 1993372,942 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, May 27, 1993, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 35.9% of its visible face lit, 5.9 days after the new moon and growing each night.

35.9%Illumination at noon UTC
5.9 dMoon age
372,942 km231,735 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (20°)
32.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 27, 1993 is on Friday, June 4, 1993 at 13:02 UTC, 8 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, May 21, 1993 at 14:07 UTC, 6 days earlier.

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

The Moon around May 27

More about this date

Thursday, May 27, 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.