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The Moon on Saturday, May 3, 2003: Waxing Crescent, 4% lit

Waxing · 3.5% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 04°

Moon age

2.0days

Moon phase on May 3, 2003Waxing Crescent

Saturday 3 May 2003404,927 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, May 3, 2003, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 3.5% of its visible face lit, 2.0 days after the new moon and growing each night.

3.5%Illumination at noon UTC
2.0 dMoon age
404,927 km251,610 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (4°)
29.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 3, 2003 is on Friday, May 16, 2003 at 03:36 UTC, 13 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, May 1, 2003 at 12:15 UTC, 2 days earlier.

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

The Moon around May 3

More about this date

Saturday, May 3, 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.