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The Moon on Monday, May 5, 2003: Waxing Crescent, 14% lit

Waxing · 13.9% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 28°

Moon age

4.0days

Moon phase on May 5, 2003Waxing Crescent

Monday 5 May 2003400,524 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, May 5, 2003, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 13.9% of its visible face lit, 4.0 days after the new moon and growing each night.

13.9%Illumination at noon UTC
4.0 dMoon age
400,524 km248,874 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (28°)
29.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 5, 2003 is on Friday, May 16, 2003 at 03:36 UTC, 11 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, May 1, 2003 at 12:15 UTC, 4 days earlier.

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

The Moon around May 5

More about this date

Monday, May 5, 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.