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The Moon on Tuesday, May 27, 2003: Waning Crescent, 12% lit

Waning · 11.8% lit · ♈︎ Aries 25°

Moon age

26.0days

Moon phase on May 27, 2003Waning Crescent

Tuesday 27 May 2003405,684 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, May 27, 2003, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 11.8% of its visible face lit, 26.0 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

11.8%Illumination at noon UTC
26.0 dMoon age
405,684 km252,080 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (26°)
29.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 27, 2003 is on Friday, May 16, 2003 at 03:36 UTC, 11 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, May 31, 2003 at 04:20 UTC, 4 days later.

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

The Moon around May 27

More about this date

Tuesday, May 27, 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.