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The Moon on Wednesday, October 22, 2003: Waning Crescent, 13% lit

Waning · 12.7% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 17°

Moon age

26.4days

Moon phase on October 22, 2003Waning Crescent

Wednesday 22 October 2003371,849 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, October 22, 2003, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 12.7% of its visible face lit, 26.4 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

12.7%Illumination at noon UTC
26.4 dMoon age
371,849 km231,056 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (17°)
32.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 22, 2003 is on Friday, October 10, 2003 at 07:28 UTC, 12 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, October 25, 2003 at 12:50 UTC, 3 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Saturday, October 18, 200312:31
New Moon (after)Saturday, October 25, 200312:50

The Moon around October 22

More about this date

Wednesday, October 22, 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.