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The Moon on Friday, May 9, 2003: First Quarter, 50% lit

Waxing · 50.2% lit · ♌︎ Leo 18°

First Quarter at

11:53UTC

Moon phase on May 9, 2003First Quarter

Friday 9 May 2003382,792 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, May 9, 2003, the Moon was a First Quarter: 50.2% of its visible face lit, 8.0 days after the new moon and growing each night. The exact First Quarter happened at .

50.2%Illumination at noon UTC
8.0 dMoon age
382,792 km237,856 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (19°)
31.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 9, 2003 is on Friday, May 16, 2003 at 03:36 UTC, 7 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, May 1, 2003 at 12:15 UTC, 8 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Thursday, May 1, 200312:15
First Quarter (this day)Friday, May 9, 200311:53
Full Moon (after)Friday, May 16, 200303:36

The Moon around May 9

More about this date

Friday, May 9, 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.