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The Moon on Thursday, January 23, 2003: Waning Gibbous, 71% lit

Waning · 70.7% lit · ♎︎ Libra 08°

Moon age

20.7days

Moon phase on January 23, 2003Waning Gibbous

Thursday 23 January 2003369,944 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, January 23, 2003, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 70.7% of its visible face lit, 20.7 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

70.7%Illumination at noon UTC
20.7 dMoon age
369,944 km229,872 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (9°)
32.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 23, 2003 is on Saturday, January 18, 2003 at 10:48 UTC, 5 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, February 1, 2003 at 10:48 UTC, 9 days later.

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

The Moon around January 23

More about this date

Thursday, January 23, 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.