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The Moon on Tuesday, May 20, 2003: Waning Gibbous, 76% lit

Waning · 75.6% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 28°

Moon age

19.0days

Moon phase on May 20, 2003Waning Gibbous

Tuesday 20 May 2003376,293 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, May 20, 2003, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 75.6% of its visible face lit, 19.0 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

75.6%Illumination at noon UTC
19.0 dMoon age
376,293 km233,818 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (28°)
31.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 20, 2003 is on Friday, May 16, 2003 at 03:36 UTC, 4 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, May 31, 2003 at 04:20 UTC, 11 days later.

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

The Moon around May 20

More about this date

Tuesday, May 20, 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.