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The Moon on Monday, May 26, 2003: Waning Crescent, 19% lit

Waning · 18.6% lit · ♈︎ Aries 13°

Moon age

25.0days

Moon phase on May 26, 2003Waning Crescent

Monday 26 May 2003404,276 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, May 26, 2003, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 18.6% of its visible face lit, 25.0 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

18.6%Illumination at noon UTC
25.0 dMoon age
404,276 km251,205 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (14°)
29.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 26, 2003 is on Friday, May 16, 2003 at 03:36 UTC, 10 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, May 31, 2003 at 04:20 UTC, 5 days later.

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

The Moon around May 26

More about this date

Monday, May 26, 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.