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The Moon on Friday, October 31, 2003: Waxing Crescent, 43% lit

Waxing · 42.7% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 29°

Moon age

6.0days

Moon phase on October 31, 2003Waxing Crescent

Friday 31 October 2003376,140 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, October 31, 2003, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 42.7% of its visible face lit, 6.0 days after the new moon and growing each night.

42.7%Illumination at noon UTC
6.0 dMoon age
376,140 km233,723 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (29°)
31.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 31, 2003 is on Sunday, November 9, 2003 at 01:14 UTC, 9 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, October 25, 2003 at 12:50 UTC, 6 days earlier.

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

The Moon around October 31

More about this date

Friday, October 31, 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.