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The Moon on Saturday, December 5, 1903: Waning Gibbous, 99% lit

Waning · 99.1% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 22°

Moon age

16.3days

Moon phase on December 5, 1903Waning Gibbous

Saturday 5 December 1903366,951 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, December 5, 1903, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 99.1% of its visible face lit, 16.3 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

99.1%Illumination at noon UTC
16.3 dMoon age
366,951 km228,013 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (22°)
32.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 5, 1903 is on Friday, December 4, 1903 at 18:13 UTC, 1 day earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, December 18, 1903 at 21:26 UTC, 13 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Friday, December 4, 190318:13
Last Quarter (after)Friday, December 11, 190310:53

The Moon around December 5

More about this date

Saturday, December 5, 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.