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The Moon on Thursday, December 3, 1903: Waxing Gibbous, 98% lit

Waxing · 97.8% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 23°

Moon age

14.3days

Moon phase on December 3, 1903Waxing Gibbous

Thursday 3 December 1903374,359 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, December 3, 1903, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 97.8% of its visible face lit, 14.3 days after the new moon and growing each night.

97.8%Illumination at noon UTC
14.3 dMoon age
374,359 km232,616 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (24°)
31.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 3, 1903 is on Friday, December 4, 1903 at 18:13 UTC, 1 day later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, November 19, 1903 at 05:10 UTC, 14 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Friday, November 27, 190305:37
Full Moon (after)Friday, December 4, 190318:13

The Moon around December 3

More about this date

Thursday, December 3, 1903 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of November 19, 1903 to the new moon of December 18, 1903, a cycle of 29.68 days.