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The Moon on Tuesday, August 26, 2003: Waning Crescent, 2% lit

Waning · 2.0% lit · ♌︎ Leo 17°

Moon age

28.2days

Moon phase on August 26, 2003Waning Crescent

Tuesday 26 August 2003381,002 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, August 26, 2003, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 2.0% of its visible face lit, 28.2 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

2.0%Illumination at noon UTC
28.2 dMoon age
381,002 km236,744 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (17°)
31.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 26, 2003 is on Tuesday, August 12, 2003 at 04:48 UTC, 14 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, August 27, 2003 at 17:26 UTC, 1 day later.

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

The Moon around August 26

More about this date

Tuesday, August 26, 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.