Waxing Crescent on

30 July 2003
Wednesday

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Moon phase on 30 July 2003 Wednesday is Waxing

Crescent, 1 day young Moon is in Leo.

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Moon phase for 30 July

2003 Wednesday
12:00 UTC

2003 | July 2003

Waxing Crescent phase

Image credit: NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific
Visualization Studio.

Waxing Crescent 2% illuminated

Waxing Crescent is the lunar phase on 30 July
2003, Wednesday. Seen from Earth, illuminated
fraction of the Moon surface is 2% and growing larger.
The 1 day young Moon is in Leo.

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Moon phases for next 7 days

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Moon phase and lunation

details

1 day after New Moon

Previous main lunar phase is the New Moon before
1 day on 29 July 2003 at 06:53.

Moonrise and moonset

Moon rises in the morning and sets in the evening. It
is visible toward the southwest in early evening.

Moon in Leo
Moon is passing about ∠22° of Leo tropical zodiac
sector.

Apparent angular diameter

∠ 1876"
Lunar disc appears visually 0.8% narrower than solar
disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are
∠1876" and ∠1890".

Sturgeon Moon after 12 days

Next Full Moon is the Sturgeon Moon of August 2003
after 12 days on 12 August 2003 at 04:48.

Upcoming main Moon phases

First Quarter in Scorpio after 5 days on

5 August 2003 at 07:28

Full Moon in Aquarius after 12 days on

12 August 2003 at 04:48

Last Quarter in Gemini after 20 days on

20 August 2003 at 00:48

New Moon in Leo after 28 days on

27 August 2003 at 17:26

Moderate tide
There is medium ocean tide on this date. Sun and
Moon gravitational forces are not aligned, but meet at
very acute angle, so their combined tidal force is
moderate.

Lunation 44 / 997
The Moon is 1 day young. Earth's natural satellite is
moving from the beginning to the first part of current
synodic month. This is lunation 44 of Meeus index or
997 from Brown series.

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Synodic month length 29.44

days
The length of the lunation is 29 days, 10 hours and
34 minutes. It is 51 minutes longer than the next
lunation's length. The lengths of the following synodic
months are going to decreasing with the true anomaly
getting closer to the value it has at the point of New
Moon at perigee (∠0° or ∠360°).

Lunation length shorter than

mean
The length of the current synodic month is 2 hours
and 10 minutes shorter than the mean synodic month
length. It is 3 hours and 59 minutes longer compared
to 21st century's shortest synodic month length.

Lunar orbit position on 30

July 2003 Wednesday
12:00 UTC

True anomaly ∠ 268.5°

At the beginning of the lunation cycle the true anomaly
is ∠268.5°. At the beginning of next synodic month
the true anomaly is going to be ∠301°.

Moon before apogee

7 days after point of apogee on 22 July 2003 at 19:37
in Taurus. The lunar orbit is getting narrow, while
the Moon is moving towards the Earth. It will keep this
direction over the next 7 days, until the Moon reaches
the point of next perigee on 6 August 2003 at 14:06 in
Scorpio.

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Distance to Moon 382 162 km

The Moon is 382 162 km (237 464 mi) away from
Earth and getting closer over the next 7 days until the
point perigee when Earth-Moon distance is going to
be 369 437 km (229 558 mi).

Moon after ascending node

6 days after ascending node on 23 July 2003 at 18:44
in Taurus. The Moon is located north of the ecliptic
over the following 6 days, until the lunar orbit crosses
from North to South in descending node on
6 August 2003 at 06:49 in Scorpio.

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Draconic month
6 days since the beginning of current draconic month
in Taurus, the Moon is navigating from the
beginning to the first part of the cycle.

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Moon after northern standstill

3 days since the previous standstill on 27 July 2003 at
03:55 in Cancer when the Moon has reached
North declination of ∠26.493°, the lunar orbit is
extending southward over the next 9 days to face
maximum declination of ∠-26.553° at the point of next
southern standstill on 9 August 2003 at 06:19 in
Capricorn.

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Syzygy in 12 days
In 12 days on 12 August 2003 at 04:48 in
Aquarius the Moon is going to be in a Full Moon
geocentric opposition with the Sun and thus forming
the next Sun-Earth-Moon syzygy alignment.

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fl Sources and credits

Parts of this Lunar Calendar are based on Planetary
Ephemeris Data Courtesy of Fred Espenak,
& www.Astropixels.com

Moon phase image credit to NASA/Goddard Space

Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio,
& svs.gsfc.nasa.gov

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