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The Moon on Wednesday, January 29, 2003: Waning Crescent, 10% lit

Waning · 9.9% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 02°

Moon age

26.7days

Moon phase on January 29, 2003Waning Crescent

Wednesday 29 January 2003377,038 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, January 29, 2003, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 9.9% of its visible face lit, 26.7 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

9.9%Illumination at noon UTC
26.7 dMoon age
377,038 km234,281 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (3°)
31.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 29, 2003 is on Saturday, January 18, 2003 at 10:48 UTC, 11 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, February 1, 2003 at 10:48 UTC, 3 days later.

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

The Moon around January 29

More about this date

Wednesday, January 29, 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.