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The Moon on Saturday, February 8, 2003: Waxing Crescent, 41% lit

Waxing · 41.1% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 08°

Moon age

7.0days

Moon phase on February 8, 2003Waxing Crescent

Saturday 8 February 2003404,319 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, February 8, 2003, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 41.1% of its visible face lit, 7.0 days after the new moon and growing each night.

41.1%Illumination at noon UTC
7.0 dMoon age
404,319 km251,232 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (9°)
29.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to February 8, 2003 is on Sunday, February 16, 2003 at 23:51 UTC, 8 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, February 1, 2003 at 10:48 UTC, 7 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Saturday, February 1, 200310:48
First Quarter (after)Sunday, February 9, 200311:11

The Moon around February 8

More about this date

Saturday, February 8, 2003 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of February 1, 2003 to the new moon of March 3, 2003, a cycle of 29.66 days.