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The Moon on Tuesday, January 28, 2003: Waning Crescent, 17% lit

Waning · 17.5% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 18°

Moon age

25.7days

Moon phase on January 28, 2003Waning Crescent

Tuesday 28 January 2003374,718 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, January 28, 2003, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 17.5% of its visible face lit, 25.7 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

17.5%Illumination at noon UTC
25.7 dMoon age
374,718 km232,839 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (19°)
31.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 28, 2003 is on Saturday, January 18, 2003 at 10:48 UTC, 10 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, February 1, 2003 at 10:48 UTC, 4 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Saturday, January 25, 200308:33
New Moon (after)Saturday, February 1, 200310:48

The Moon around January 28

More about this date

Tuesday, January 28, 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.