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The Moon on Wednesday, May 28, 2003: Waning Crescent, 6% lit

Waning · 6.4% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 07°

Moon age

27.0days

Moon phase on May 28, 2003Waning Crescent

Wednesday 28 May 2003406,155 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, May 28, 2003, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 6.4% of its visible face lit, 27.0 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

6.4%Illumination at noon UTC
27.0 dMoon age
406,155 km252,373 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (8°)
29.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 28, 2003 is on Friday, May 16, 2003 at 03:36 UTC, 12 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, May 31, 2003 at 04:20 UTC, 3 days later.

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

The Moon around May 28

More about this date

Wednesday, May 28, 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.