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The Moon on Tuesday, September 23, 2003: Waning Crescent, 9% lit

Waning · 9.1% lit · ♌︎ Leo 25°

Moon age

26.8days

Moon phase on September 23, 2003Waning Crescent

Tuesday 23 September 2003378,151 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, September 23, 2003, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 9.1% of its visible face lit, 26.8 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

9.1%Illumination at noon UTC
26.8 dMoon age
378,151 km234,972 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (25°)
31.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to September 23, 2003 is on Wednesday, September 10, 2003 at 16:36 UTC, 13 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, September 26, 2003 at 03:09 UTC, 3 days later.

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

The Moon around September 23

More about this date

Tuesday, September 23, 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.