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The Moon on Friday, January 31, 2003: Waning Crescent, 1% lit

Waning · 1.1% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 29°

Moon age

28.7days

Moon phase on January 31, 2003Waning Crescent

Friday 31 January 2003383,144 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, January 31, 2003, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 1.1% of its visible face lit, 28.7 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

1.1%Illumination at noon UTC
28.7 dMoon age
383,144 km238,074 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (30°)
31.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 31, 2003 is on Saturday, January 18, 2003 at 10:48 UTC, 13 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, February 1, 2003 at 10:48 UTC, 1 day later.

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

The Moon around January 31

More about this date

Friday, January 31, 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.