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The Moon on Thursday, March 27, 2003: Waning Crescent, 25% lit

Waning · 25.5% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 06°

Moon age

24.4days

Moon phase on March 27, 2003Waning Crescent

Thursday 27 March 2003388,555 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, March 27, 2003, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 25.5% of its visible face lit, 24.4 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

25.5%Illumination at noon UTC
24.4 dMoon age
388,555 km241,437 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (6°)
30.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 27, 2003 is on Tuesday, March 18, 2003 at 10:35 UTC, 9 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, April 1, 2003 at 19:19 UTC, 5 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Tuesday, March 25, 200301:51
New Moon (after)Tuesday, April 1, 200319:19

The Moon around March 27

More about this date

Thursday, March 27, 2003 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of March 3, 2003 to the new moon of April 1, 2003, a cycle of 29.70 days.