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The Moon on Thursday, June 5, 2003: Waxing Crescent, 26% lit

Waxing · 25.8% lit · ♌︎ Leo 15°

Moon age

5.3days

Moon phase on June 5, 2003Waxing Crescent

Thursday 5 June 2003387,145 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, June 5, 2003, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 25.8% of its visible face lit, 5.3 days after the new moon and growing each night.

25.8%Illumination at noon UTC
5.3 dMoon age
387,145 km240,561 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (15°)
30.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to June 5, 2003 is on Saturday, June 14, 2003 at 11:16 UTC, 9 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, May 31, 2003 at 04:20 UTC, 5 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Saturday, May 31, 200304:20
First Quarter (after)Saturday, June 7, 200320:28

The Moon around June 5

More about this date

Thursday, June 5, 2003 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of May 31, 2003 to the new moon of June 29, 2003, a cycle of 29.60 days.