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The Moon on Thursday, January 30, 2003: Waning Crescent, 4% lit

Waning · 4.4% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 16°

Moon age

27.7days

Moon phase on January 30, 2003Waning Crescent

Thursday 30 January 2003379,856 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, January 30, 2003, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 4.4% of its visible face lit, 27.7 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

4.4%Illumination at noon UTC
27.7 dMoon age
379,856 km236,031 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (16°)
31.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 30, 2003 is on Saturday, January 18, 2003 at 10:48 UTC, 12 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, February 1, 2003 at 10:48 UTC, 2 days later.

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

The Moon around January 30

More about this date

Thursday, January 30, 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.