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The Moon on Thursday, February 27, 2003: Waning Crescent, 13% lit

Waning · 13.3% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 25°

Moon age

26.0days

Moon phase on February 27, 2003Waning Crescent

Thursday 27 February 2003385,311 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, February 27, 2003, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 13.3% of its visible face lit, 26.0 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

13.3%Illumination at noon UTC
26.0 dMoon age
385,311 km239,421 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (26°)
31.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to February 27, 2003 is on Sunday, February 16, 2003 at 23:51 UTC, 11 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, March 3, 2003 at 02:35 UTC, 4 days later.

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

The Moon around February 27

More about this date

Thursday, February 27, 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.