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The Moon on Friday, January 24, 2003: Waning Gibbous, 60% lit

Waning · 59.8% lit · ♎︎ Libra 22°

Moon age

21.7days

Moon phase on January 24, 2003Waning Gibbous

Friday 24 January 2003369,974 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, January 24, 2003, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 59.8% of its visible face lit, 21.7 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

59.8%Illumination at noon UTC
21.7 dMoon age
369,974 km229,891 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (23°)
32.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 24, 2003 is on Saturday, January 18, 2003 at 10:48 UTC, 6 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, February 1, 2003 at 10:48 UTC, 8 days later.

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

The Moon around January 24

More about this date

Friday, January 24, 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.