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The Moon on Saturday, October 18, 2003: Last Quarter, 50% lit

Waning · 50.4% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 24°

Last Quarter at

12:31UTC

Moon phase on October 18, 2003Last Quarter

Saturday 18 October 2003395,266 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, October 18, 2003, the Moon was a Last Quarter: 50.4% of its visible face lit, 22.4 days after the new moon and shrinking each night. The exact Last Quarter happened at .

50.4%Illumination at noon UTC
22.4 dMoon age
395,266 km245,607 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (24°)
30.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 18, 2003 is on Friday, October 10, 2003 at 07:28 UTC, 8 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, October 25, 2003 at 12:50 UTC, 7 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Friday, October 10, 200307:28
Last Quarter (this day)Saturday, October 18, 200312:31
New Moon (after)Saturday, October 25, 200312:50

The Moon around October 18

More about this date

Saturday, October 18, 2003 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of September 26, 2003 to the new moon of October 25, 2003, a cycle of 29.40 days.