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The Moon on Thursday, May 21, 1903: Waning Crescent, 32% lit

Waning · 32.2% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 20°

Moon age

23.9days

Moon phase on May 21, 1903Waning Crescent

Thursday 21 May 1903392,598 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, May 21, 1903, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 32.2% of its visible face lit, 23.9 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

32.2%Illumination at noon UTC
23.9 dMoon age
392,598 km243,949 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (20°)
30.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 21, 1903 is on Monday, May 11, 1903 at 13:18 UTC, 10 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, May 26, 1903 at 22:50 UTC, 5 days later.

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

The Moon around May 21

More about this date

Thursday, May 21, 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.