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The Moon on Saturday, May 24, 2003: Waning Crescent, 36% lit

Waning · 35.6% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 19°

Moon age

23.0days

Moon phase on May 24, 2003Waning Crescent

Saturday 24 May 2003398,367 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, May 24, 2003, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 35.6% of its visible face lit, 23.0 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

35.6%Illumination at noon UTC
23.0 dMoon age
398,367 km247,534 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (20°)
30.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 24, 2003 is on Friday, May 16, 2003 at 03:36 UTC, 8 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, May 31, 2003 at 04:20 UTC, 7 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Friday, May 23, 200300:31
New Moon (after)Saturday, May 31, 200304:20

The Moon around May 24

More about this date

Saturday, May 24, 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.