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The Moon on Tuesday, July 22, 2003: Waning Crescent, 39% lit

Waning · 38.8% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 12°

Moon age

22.7days

Moon phase on July 22, 2003Waning Crescent

Tuesday 22 July 2003404,252 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, July 22, 2003, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 38.8% of its visible face lit, 22.7 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

38.8%Illumination at noon UTC
22.7 dMoon age
404,252 km251,190 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (12°)
29.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 22, 2003 is on Sunday, July 13, 2003 at 19:21 UTC, 9 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, July 29, 2003 at 06:53 UTC, 7 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Monday, July 21, 200307:01
New Moon (after)Tuesday, July 29, 200306:53

The Moon around July 22

More about this date

Tuesday, July 22, 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.