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The Moon on Sunday, February 23, 2003: Last Quarter, 52% lit

Waning · 52.4% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 01°

Last Quarter at

16:46UTC

Moon phase on February 23, 2003Last Quarter

Sunday 23 February 2003371,884 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, February 23, 2003, the Moon was a Last Quarter: 52.4% of its visible face lit, 22.0 days after the new moon and shrinking each night. The exact Last Quarter happened at .

52.4%Illumination at noon UTC
22.0 dMoon age
371,884 km231,078 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (2°)
32.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to February 23, 2003 is on Sunday, February 16, 2003 at 23:51 UTC, 7 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, March 3, 2003 at 02:35 UTC, 8 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Sunday, February 16, 200323:51
Last Quarter (this day)Sunday, February 23, 200316:46
New Moon (after)Monday, March 3, 200302:35

The Moon around February 23

More about this date

Sunday, February 23, 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.