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The Moon on Friday, May 28, 1993: First Quarter, 47% lit

Waxing · 47.1% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 03°

First Quarter at

18:22UTC

Moon phase on May 28, 1993First Quarter

Friday 28 May 1993370,858 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, May 28, 1993, the Moon was a First Quarter: 47.1% of its visible face lit, 6.9 days after the new moon and growing each night. The exact First Quarter happened at .

47.1%Illumination at noon UTC
6.9 dMoon age
370,858 km230,440 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (4°)
32.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 28, 1993 is on Friday, June 4, 1993 at 13:02 UTC, 7 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, May 21, 1993 at 14:07 UTC, 7 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Friday, May 21, 199314:07
First Quarter (this day)Friday, May 28, 199318:22
Full Moon (after)Friday, June 4, 199313:02

The Moon around May 28

More about this date

Friday, May 28, 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.