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The Moon on Monday, October 27, 2003: Waxing Crescent, 6% lit

Waxing · 5.7% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 01°

Moon age

2.0days

Moon phase on October 27, 2003Waxing Crescent

Monday 27 October 2003359,486 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, October 27, 2003, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 5.7% of its visible face lit, 2.0 days after the new moon and growing each night.

5.7%Illumination at noon UTC
2.0 dMoon age
359,486 km223,374 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (1°)
33.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 27, 2003 is on Sunday, November 9, 2003 at 01:14 UTC, 13 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, October 25, 2003 at 12:50 UTC, 2 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Saturday, October 25, 200312:50
First Quarter (after)Saturday, November 1, 200304:25

The Moon around October 27

More about this date

Monday, October 27, 2003 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of October 25, 2003 to the new moon of November 23, 2003, a cycle of 29.42 days.