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The Moon on Monday, February 24, 2003: Waning Crescent, 41% lit

Waning · 41.2% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 15°

Moon age

23.0days

Moon phase on February 24, 2003Waning Crescent

Monday 24 February 2003375,093 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, February 24, 2003, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 41.2% of its visible face lit, 23.0 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

41.2%Illumination at noon UTC
23.0 dMoon age
375,093 km233,072 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (16°)
31.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to February 24, 2003 is on Sunday, February 16, 2003 at 23:51 UTC, 8 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, March 3, 2003 at 02:35 UTC, 7 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Sunday, February 23, 200316:46
New Moon (after)Monday, March 3, 200302:35

The Moon around February 24

More about this date

Monday, February 24, 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.