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The Moon on Thursday, May 22, 2003: Waning Gibbous, 55% lit

Waning · 55.5% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 24°

Moon age

21.0days

Moon phase on May 22, 2003Waning Gibbous

Thursday 22 May 2003388,522 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, May 22, 2003, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 55.5% of its visible face lit, 21.0 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

55.5%Illumination at noon UTC
21.0 dMoon age
388,522 km241,416 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (25°)
30.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 22, 2003 is on Friday, May 16, 2003 at 03:36 UTC, 6 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, May 31, 2003 at 04:20 UTC, 9 days later.

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

The Moon around May 22

More about this date

Thursday, May 22, 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.