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The Moon on Friday, October 24, 2003: Waning Crescent, 2% lit

Waning · 1.7% lit · ♎︎ Libra 16°

Moon age

28.4days

Moon phase on October 24, 2003Waning Crescent

Friday 24 October 2003362,146 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, October 24, 2003, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 1.7% of its visible face lit, 28.4 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

1.7%Illumination at noon UTC
28.4 dMoon age
362,146 km225,027 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (16°)
33.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 24, 2003 is on Friday, October 10, 2003 at 07:28 UTC, 14 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, October 25, 2003 at 12:50 UTC, 1 day later.

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

The Moon around October 24

More about this date

Friday, October 24, 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.