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The Moon on Wednesday, January 22, 2003: Waning Gibbous, 80% lit

Waning · 80.5% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 24°

Moon age

19.7days

Moon phase on January 22, 2003Waning Gibbous

Wednesday 22 January 2003370,509 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, January 22, 2003, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 80.5% of its visible face lit, 19.7 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

80.5%Illumination at noon UTC
19.7 dMoon age
370,509 km230,223 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (24°)
32.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 22, 2003 is on Saturday, January 18, 2003 at 10:48 UTC, 4 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, February 1, 2003 at 10:48 UTC, 10 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Saturday, January 18, 200310:48
Last Quarter (after)Saturday, January 25, 200308:33

The Moon around January 22

More about this date

Wednesday, January 22, 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.