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The Moon on Friday, March 28, 2003: Waning Crescent, 17% lit

Waning · 17.1% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 18°

Moon age

25.4days

Moon phase on March 28, 2003Waning Crescent

Friday 28 March 2003392,578 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, March 28, 2003, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 17.1% of its visible face lit, 25.4 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

17.1%Illumination at noon UTC
25.4 dMoon age
392,578 km243,936 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (19°)
30.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 28, 2003 is on Tuesday, March 18, 2003 at 10:35 UTC, 10 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, April 1, 2003 at 19:19 UTC, 4 days later.

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

The Moon around March 28

More about this date

Friday, March 28, 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.