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The Moon on Sunday, January 12, 2003: Waxing Gibbous, 68% lit

Waxing · 68.1% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 12°

Moon age

9.7days

Moon phase on January 12, 2003Waxing Gibbous

Sunday 12 January 2003402,934 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, January 12, 2003, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 68.1% of its visible face lit, 9.7 days after the new moon and growing each night.

68.1%Illumination at noon UTC
9.7 dMoon age
402,934 km250,372 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (13°)
29.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 12, 2003 is on Saturday, January 18, 2003 at 10:48 UTC, 6 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, January 2, 2003 at 20:23 UTC, 10 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Friday, January 10, 200313:15
Full Moon (after)Saturday, January 18, 200310:48

The Moon around January 12

More about this date

Sunday, January 12, 2003 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of January 2, 2003 to the new moon of February 1, 2003, a cycle of 29.60 days.