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The Moon on Sunday, July 6, 2003: Waxing Crescent, 43% lit

Waxing · 43.3% lit · ♎︎ Libra 06°

Moon age

6.7days

Moon phase on July 6, 2003Waxing Crescent

Sunday 6 July 2003373,749 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, July 6, 2003, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 43.3% of its visible face lit, 6.7 days after the new moon and growing each night.

43.3%Illumination at noon UTC
6.7 dMoon age
373,749 km232,237 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (6°)
32.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 6, 2003 is on Sunday, July 13, 2003 at 19:21 UTC, 7 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, June 29, 2003 at 18:39 UTC, 7 days earlier.

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

The Moon around July 6

More about this date

Sunday, July 6, 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.