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The Moon on Friday, May 15, 1903: Waning Gibbous, 85% lit

Waning · 85.5% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 08°

Moon age

17.9days

Moon phase on May 15, 1903Waning Gibbous

Friday 15 May 1903403,710 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, May 15, 1903, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 85.5% of its visible face lit, 17.9 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

85.5%Illumination at noon UTC
17.9 dMoon age
403,710 km250,853 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (8°)
29.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 15, 1903 is on Monday, May 11, 1903 at 13:18 UTC, 4 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, May 26, 1903 at 22:50 UTC, 11 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Monday, May 11, 190313:18
Last Quarter (after)Tuesday, May 19, 190315:18

The Moon around May 15

More about this date

Friday, May 15, 1903 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of April 27, 1903 to the new moon of May 26, 1903, a cycle of 29.39 days.