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The Moon on Monday, April 7, 2003: Waxing Crescent, 27% lit

Waxing · 26.5% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 19°

Moon age

5.7days

Moon phase on April 7, 2003Waxing Crescent

Monday 7 April 2003401,272 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, April 7, 2003, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 26.5% of its visible face lit, 5.7 days after the new moon and growing each night.

26.5%Illumination at noon UTC
5.7 dMoon age
401,272 km249,339 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (19°)
29.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 7, 2003 is on Wednesday, April 16, 2003 at 19:36 UTC, 9 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, April 1, 2003 at 19:19 UTC, 6 days earlier.

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

The Moon around April 7

More about this date

Monday, April 7, 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.