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The Moon on Thursday, July 31, 2003: Waxing Crescent, 6% lit

Waxing · 5.9% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 05°

Moon age

2.2days

Moon phase on July 31, 2003Waxing Crescent

Thursday 31 July 2003378,807 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, July 31, 2003, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 5.9% of its visible face lit, 2.2 days after the new moon and growing each night.

5.9%Illumination at noon UTC
2.2 dMoon age
378,807 km235,380 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (5°)
31.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 31, 2003 is on Tuesday, August 12, 2003 at 04:48 UTC, 12 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, July 29, 2003 at 06:53 UTC, 2 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Tuesday, July 29, 200306:53
First Quarter (after)Tuesday, August 5, 200307:28

The Moon around July 31

More about this date

Thursday, July 31, 2003 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of July 29, 2003 to the new moon of August 27, 2003, a cycle of 29.44 days.