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The Moon on Sunday, May 25, 2003: Waning Crescent, 27% lit

Waning · 26.6% lit · ♈︎ Aries 02°

Moon age

24.0days

Moon phase on May 25, 2003Waning Crescent

Sunday 25 May 2003401,847 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, May 25, 2003, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 26.6% of its visible face lit, 24.0 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

26.6%Illumination at noon UTC
24.0 dMoon age
401,847 km249,696 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (2°)
29.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 25, 2003 is on Friday, May 16, 2003 at 03:36 UTC, 9 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, May 31, 2003 at 04:20 UTC, 6 days later.

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

The Moon around May 25

More about this date

Sunday, May 25, 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.