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The Moon on Thursday, October 23, 2003: Waning Crescent, 6% lit

Waning · 6.0% lit · ♎︎ Libra 01°

Moon age

27.4days

Moon phase on October 23, 2003Waning Crescent

Thursday 23 October 2003366,420 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, October 23, 2003, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 6.0% of its visible face lit, 27.4 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

6.0%Illumination at noon UTC
27.4 dMoon age
366,420 km227,683 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (2°)
32.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 23, 2003 is on Friday, October 10, 2003 at 07:28 UTC, 13 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, October 25, 2003 at 12:50 UTC, 2 days later.

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

The Moon around October 23

More about this date

Thursday, October 23, 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.