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The Moon on Saturday, September 20, 2003: Waning Crescent, 34% lit

Waning · 33.8% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 16°

Moon age

23.8days

Moon phase on September 20, 2003Waning Crescent

Saturday 20 September 2003394,510 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, September 20, 2003, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 33.8% of its visible face lit, 23.8 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

33.8%Illumination at noon UTC
23.8 dMoon age
394,510 km245,137 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (16°)
30.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to September 20, 2003 is on Wednesday, September 10, 2003 at 16:36 UTC, 10 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, September 26, 2003 at 03:09 UTC, 6 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Thursday, September 18, 200319:03
New Moon (after)Friday, September 26, 200303:09

The Moon around September 20

More about this date

Saturday, September 20, 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.