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The Moon on Friday, May 2, 2003: Waxing Crescent, 1% lit

Waxing · 0.9% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 22°

Moon age

1.0days

Moon phase on May 2, 2003Waxing Crescent

Friday 2 May 2003406,053 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, May 2, 2003, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 0.9% of its visible face lit, 1.0 days after the new moon and growing each night.

0.9%Illumination at noon UTC
1.0 dMoon age
406,053 km252,310 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (22°)
29.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 2, 2003 is on Friday, May 16, 2003 at 03:36 UTC, 14 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, May 1, 2003 at 12:15 UTC, 1 day earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Thursday, May 1, 200312:15
First Quarter (after)Friday, May 9, 200311:53

The Moon around May 2

More about this date

Friday, May 2, 2003 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of May 1, 2003 to the new moon of May 31, 2003, a cycle of 29.67 days.