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The Moon on Saturday, May 29, 1993: Waxing Gibbous, 59% lit

Waxing · 58.6% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 17°

Moon age

7.9days

Moon phase on May 29, 1993Waxing Gibbous

Saturday 29 May 1993369,211 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, May 29, 1993, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 58.6% of its visible face lit, 7.9 days after the new moon and growing each night.

58.6%Illumination at noon UTC
7.9 dMoon age
369,211 km229,417 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (18°)
32.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 29, 1993 is on Friday, June 4, 1993 at 13:02 UTC, 6 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, May 21, 1993 at 14:07 UTC, 8 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Friday, May 28, 199318:22
Full Moon (after)Friday, June 4, 199313:02

The Moon around May 29

More about this date

Saturday, May 29, 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.