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The Moon on Wednesday, May 20, 1903: Waning Crescent, 42% lit

Waning · 41.8% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 07°

Moon age

22.9days

Moon phase on May 20, 1903Waning Crescent

Wednesday 20 May 1903397,253 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, May 20, 1903, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 41.8% of its visible face lit, 22.9 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

41.8%Illumination at noon UTC
22.9 dMoon age
397,253 km246,842 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (8°)
30.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 20, 1903 is on Monday, May 11, 1903 at 13:18 UTC, 9 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, May 26, 1903 at 22:50 UTC, 6 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Tuesday, May 19, 190315:18
New Moon (after)Tuesday, May 26, 190322:50

The Moon around May 20

More about this date

Wednesday, May 20, 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.