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The Moon on Thursday, May 28, 1903: Waxing Crescent, 4% lit

Waxing · 3.6% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 27°

Moon age

1.5days

Moon phase on May 28, 1903Waxing Crescent

Thursday 28 May 1903362,229 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, May 28, 1903, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 3.6% of its visible face lit, 1.5 days after the new moon and growing each night.

3.6%Illumination at noon UTC
1.5 dMoon age
362,229 km225,079 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (27°)
33.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 28, 1903 is on Wednesday, June 10, 1903 at 03:08 UTC, 13 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, May 26, 1903 at 22:50 UTC, 2 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Tuesday, May 26, 190322:50
First Quarter (after)Tuesday, June 2, 190313:24

The Moon around May 28

More about this date

Thursday, May 28, 1903 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of May 26, 1903 to the new moon of June 25, 1903, a cycle of 29.31 days.