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The Moon on Thursday, May 1, 2003: New Moon, 0% lit

Waning · 0.0% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 10°

New Moon at

12:15UTC

Moon phase on May 1, 2003New Moon

Thursday 1 May 2003406,506 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, May 1, 2003, the Moon was a New Moon: 0.0% of its visible face lit, 29.7 days after the new moon and between the Earth and the Sun, so it is not visible. The exact New Moon happened at .

0.0%Illumination at noon UTC
29.7 dMoon age
406,506 km252,591 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (11°)
29.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
NewDark side faces Earth

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 1, 2003 is on Friday, May 16, 2003 at 03:36 UTC, 15 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, May 1, 2003 at 12:15 UTC, the same day.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Wednesday, April 23, 200312:18
New Moon (this day)Thursday, May 1, 200312:15
First Quarter (after)Friday, May 9, 200311:53

The Moon around May 1

More about this date

Thursday, May 1, 2003 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of April 1, 2003 to the new moon of May 1, 2003, a cycle of 29.71 days.