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The Moon on Friday, April 4, 2003: Waxing Crescent, 6% lit

Waxing · 6.4% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 13°

Moon age

2.7days

Moon phase on April 4, 2003Waxing Crescent

Friday 4 April 2003406,159 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, April 4, 2003, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 6.4% of its visible face lit, 2.7 days after the new moon and growing each night.

6.4%Illumination at noon UTC
2.7 dMoon age
406,159 km252,375 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (14°)
29.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 4, 2003 is on Wednesday, April 16, 2003 at 19:36 UTC, 12 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, April 1, 2003 at 19:19 UTC, 3 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Tuesday, April 1, 200319:19
First Quarter (after)Wednesday, April 9, 200323:40

The Moon around April 4

More about this date

Friday, April 4, 2003 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of April 1, 2003 to the new moon of May 1, 2003, a cycle of 29.71 days.