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The Moon on Monday, April 28, 2003: Waning Crescent, 8% lit

Waning · 8.1% lit · ♈︎ Aries 05°

Moon age

26.7days

Moon phase on April 28, 2003Waning Crescent

Monday 28 April 2003403,773 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, April 28, 2003, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 8.1% of its visible face lit, 26.7 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

8.1%Illumination at noon UTC
26.7 dMoon age
403,773 km250,893 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (5°)
29.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 28, 2003 is on Wednesday, April 16, 2003 at 19:36 UTC, 12 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, May 1, 2003 at 12:15 UTC, 3 days later.

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

The Moon around April 28

More about this date

Monday, April 28, 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.