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The Moon on Friday, January 10, 2003: First Quarter, 50% lit

Waxing · 49.6% lit · ♈︎ Aries 19°

First Quarter at

13:15UTC

Moon phase on January 10, 2003First Quarter

Friday 10 January 2003404,145 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, January 10, 2003, the Moon was a First Quarter: 49.6% of its visible face lit, 7.7 days after the new moon and growing each night. The exact First Quarter happened at .

49.6%Illumination at noon UTC
7.7 dMoon age
404,145 km251,124 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (19°)
29.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

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

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Thursday, January 2, 200320:23
First Quarter (this day)Friday, January 10, 200313:15
Full Moon (after)Saturday, January 18, 200310:48

The Moon around January 10

More about this date

Friday, January 10, 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.