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The Moon on Wednesday, October 29, 2003: Waxing Crescent, 22% lit

Waxing · 21.6% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 00°

Moon age

4.0days

Moon phase on October 29, 2003Waxing Crescent

Wednesday 29 October 2003366,041 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, October 29, 2003, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 21.6% of its visible face lit, 4.0 days after the new moon and growing each night.

21.6%Illumination at noon UTC
4.0 dMoon age
366,041 km227,447 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (1°)
32.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 29, 2003 is on Sunday, November 9, 2003 at 01:14 UTC, 11 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, October 25, 2003 at 12:50 UTC, 4 days earlier.

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

The Moon around October 29

More about this date

Wednesday, October 29, 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.