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The Moon on Thursday, April 24, 2003: Waning Crescent, 40% lit

Waning · 39.9% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 15°

Moon age

22.7days

Moon phase on April 24, 2003Waning Crescent

Thursday 24 April 2003389,305 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, April 24, 2003, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 39.9% of its visible face lit, 22.7 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

39.9%Illumination at noon UTC
22.7 dMoon age
389,305 km241,903 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (16°)
30.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 24, 2003 is on Wednesday, April 16, 2003 at 19:36 UTC, 8 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, May 1, 2003 at 12:15 UTC, 7 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Wednesday, April 23, 200312:18
New Moon (after)Thursday, May 1, 200312:15

The Moon around April 24

More about this date

Thursday, April 24, 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.