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The Moon on Wednesday, December 9, 1903: Waning Gibbous, 72% lit

Waning · 71.7% lit · ♌︎ Leo 20°

Moon age

20.3days

Moon phase on December 9, 1903Waning Gibbous

Wednesday 9 December 1903367,177 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, December 9, 1903, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 71.7% of its visible face lit, 20.3 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

71.7%Illumination at noon UTC
20.3 dMoon age
367,177 km228,153 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (21°)
32.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 9, 1903 is on Friday, December 4, 1903 at 18:13 UTC, 5 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, December 18, 1903 at 21:26 UTC, 9 days later.

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

The Moon around December 9

More about this date

Wednesday, December 9, 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.