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The Moon on Monday, July 21, 2003: Last Quarter, 48% lit

Waning · 48.2% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 00°

Last Quarter at

07:01UTC

Moon phase on July 21, 2003Last Quarter

Monday 21 July 2003403,223 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, July 21, 2003, the Moon was a Last Quarter: 48.2% of its visible face lit, 21.7 days after the new moon and shrinking each night. The exact Last Quarter happened at .

48.2%Illumination at noon UTC
21.7 dMoon age
403,223 km250,551 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (1°)
29.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 21, 2003 is on Sunday, July 13, 2003 at 19:21 UTC, 8 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, July 29, 2003 at 06:53 UTC, 8 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Sunday, July 13, 200319:21
Last Quarter (this day)Monday, July 21, 200307:01
New Moon (after)Tuesday, July 29, 200306:53

The Moon around July 21

More about this date

Monday, July 21, 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.