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The Moon on Saturday, August 2, 2003: Waxing Crescent, 20% lit

Waxing · 20.2% lit · ♎︎ Libra 03°

Moon age

4.2days

Moon phase on August 2, 2003Waxing Crescent

Saturday 2 August 2003373,720 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, August 2, 2003, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 20.2% of its visible face lit, 4.2 days after the new moon and growing each night.

20.2%Illumination at noon UTC
4.2 dMoon age
373,720 km232,218 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (3°)
32.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 2, 2003 is on Tuesday, August 12, 2003 at 04:48 UTC, 10 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, July 29, 2003 at 06:53 UTC, 4 days earlier.

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

The Moon around August 2

More about this date

Saturday, August 2, 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.