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The Moon on Wednesday, July 2, 2003: Waxing Crescent, 8% lit

Waxing · 7.8% lit · ♌︎ Leo 12°

Moon age

2.7days

Moon phase on July 2, 2003Waxing Crescent

Wednesday 2 July 2003387,355 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, July 2, 2003, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 7.8% of its visible face lit, 2.7 days after the new moon and growing each night.

7.8%Illumination at noon UTC
2.7 dMoon age
387,355 km240,691 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (12°)
30.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 2, 2003 is on Sunday, July 13, 2003 at 19:21 UTC, 11 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, June 29, 2003 at 18:39 UTC, 3 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Sunday, June 29, 200318:39
First Quarter (after)Monday, July 7, 200302:32

The Moon around July 2

More about this date

Wednesday, July 2, 2003 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of June 29, 2003 to the new moon of July 29, 2003, a cycle of 29.51 days.