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The Moon on Wednesday, January 8, 2003: Waxing Crescent, 31% lit

Waxing · 31.1% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 25°

Moon age

5.7days

Moon phase on January 8, 2003Waxing Crescent

Wednesday 8 January 2003400,206 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, January 8, 2003, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 31.1% of its visible face lit, 5.7 days after the new moon and growing each night.

31.1%Illumination at noon UTC
5.7 dMoon age
400,206 km248,677 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (25°)
29.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 8, 2003 is on Saturday, January 18, 2003 at 10:48 UTC, 10 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, January 2, 2003 at 20:23 UTC, 6 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Thursday, January 2, 200320:23
First Quarter (after)Friday, January 10, 200313:15

The Moon around January 8

More about this date

Wednesday, January 8, 2003 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of January 2, 2003 to the new moon of February 1, 2003, a cycle of 29.60 days.