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The Moon on Thursday, August 28, 2003: Waxing Crescent, 1% lit

Waxing · 0.9% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 14°

Moon age

0.8days

Moon phase on August 28, 2003Waxing Crescent

Thursday 28 August 2003373,068 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, August 28, 2003, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 0.9% of its visible face lit, 0.8 days after the new moon and growing each night.

0.9%Illumination at noon UTC
0.8 dMoon age
373,068 km231,814 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (15°)
32.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 28, 2003 is on Wednesday, September 10, 2003 at 16:36 UTC, 13 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, August 27, 2003 at 17:26 UTC, 1 day earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Wednesday, August 27, 200317:26
First Quarter (after)Wednesday, September 3, 200312:34

The Moon around August 28

More about this date

Thursday, August 28, 2003 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of August 27, 2003 to the new moon of September 26, 2003, a cycle of 29.40 days.