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The Moon on Sunday, May 18, 2003: Waning Gibbous, 92% lit

Waning · 92.0% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 29°

Moon age

17.0days

Moon phase on May 18, 2003Waning Gibbous

Sunday 18 May 2003364,861 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, May 18, 2003, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 92.0% of its visible face lit, 17.0 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

92.0%Illumination at noon UTC
17.0 dMoon age
364,861 km226,714 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (30°)
32.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 18, 2003 is on Friday, May 16, 2003 at 03:36 UTC, 2 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, May 31, 2003 at 04:20 UTC, 13 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Friday, May 16, 200303:36
Last Quarter (after)Friday, May 23, 200300:31

The Moon around May 18

More about this date

Sunday, May 18, 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.