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The Moon on Friday, August 22, 2003: Waning Crescent, 27% lit

Waning · 27.4% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 26°

Moon age

24.2days

Moon phase on August 22, 2003Waning Crescent

Friday 22 August 2003398,881 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, August 22, 2003, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 27.4% of its visible face lit, 24.2 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

27.4%Illumination at noon UTC
24.2 dMoon age
398,881 km247,853 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (26°)
29.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 22, 2003 is on Tuesday, August 12, 2003 at 04:48 UTC, 10 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, August 27, 2003 at 17:26 UTC, 5 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Wednesday, August 20, 200300:48
New Moon (after)Wednesday, August 27, 200317:26

The Moon around August 22

More about this date

Friday, August 22, 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.