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The Moon on Friday, August 29, 2003: Waxing Crescent, 4% lit

Waxing · 4.2% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 28°

Moon age

1.8days

Moon phase on August 29, 2003Waxing Crescent

Friday 29 August 2003370,365 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, August 29, 2003, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 4.2% of its visible face lit, 1.8 days after the new moon and growing each night.

4.2%Illumination at noon UTC
1.8 dMoon age
370,365 km230,134 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (29°)
32.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 29, 2003 is on Wednesday, September 10, 2003 at 16:36 UTC, 12 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, August 27, 2003 at 17:26 UTC, 2 days earlier.

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

The Moon around August 29

More about this date

Friday, August 29, 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.