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The Moon on Monday, March 31, 2003: Waning Crescent, 2% lit

Waning · 1.7% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 25°

Moon age

28.4days

Moon phase on March 31, 2003Waning Crescent

Monday 31 March 2003401,682 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, March 31, 2003, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 1.7% of its visible face lit, 28.4 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

1.7%Illumination at noon UTC
28.4 dMoon age
401,682 km249,593 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (26°)
29.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 31, 2003 is on Tuesday, March 18, 2003 at 10:35 UTC, 13 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, April 1, 2003 at 19:19 UTC, 1 day later.

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

The Moon around March 31

More about this date

Monday, March 31, 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.