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The Moon on Wednesday, July 23, 2003: Waning Crescent, 30% lit

Waning · 29.8% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 24°

Moon age

23.7days

Moon phase on July 23, 2003Waning Crescent

Wednesday 23 July 2003404,031 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, July 23, 2003, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 29.8% of its visible face lit, 23.7 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

29.8%Illumination at noon UTC
23.7 dMoon age
404,031 km251,053 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (24°)
29.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 23, 2003 is on Sunday, July 13, 2003 at 19:21 UTC, 10 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, July 29, 2003 at 06:53 UTC, 6 days later.

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

The Moon around July 23

More about this date

Wednesday, July 23, 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.