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The Moon on Friday, July 4, 2003: Waxing Crescent, 23% lit

Waxing · 22.7% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 08°

Moon age

4.7days

Moon phase on July 4, 2003Waxing Crescent

Friday 4 July 2003380,428 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, July 4, 2003, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 22.7% of its visible face lit, 4.7 days after the new moon and growing each night.

22.7%Illumination at noon UTC
4.7 dMoon age
380,428 km236,387 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (9°)
31.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 4, 2003 is on Sunday, July 13, 2003 at 19:21 UTC, 9 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, June 29, 2003 at 18:39 UTC, 5 days earlier.

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

The Moon around July 4

More about this date

Friday, July 4, 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.