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The Moon on Saturday, March 1, 2003: Waning Crescent, 3% lit

Waning · 2.8% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 21°

Moon age

28.0days

Moon phase on March 1, 2003Waning Crescent

Saturday 1 March 2003392,008 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, March 1, 2003, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 2.8% of its visible face lit, 28.0 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

2.8%Illumination at noon UTC
28.0 dMoon age
392,008 km243,582 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (22°)
30.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 1, 2003 is on Sunday, February 16, 2003 at 23:51 UTC, 13 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, March 3, 2003 at 02:35 UTC, 2 days later.

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

The Moon around March 1

More about this date

Saturday, March 1, 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.