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The Moon on Thursday, May 15, 2003: Waxing Gibbous, 99% lit

Waxing · 99.3% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 15°

Moon age

14.0days

Moon phase on May 15, 2003Waxing Gibbous

Thursday 15 May 2003357,463 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, May 15, 2003, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 99.3% of its visible face lit, 14.0 days after the new moon and growing each night.

99.3%Illumination at noon UTC
14.0 dMoon age
357,463 km222,117 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (15°)
33.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

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

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Friday, May 9, 200311:53
Full Moon (after)Friday, May 16, 200303:36

The Moon around May 15

More about this date

Thursday, May 15, 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.