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The Moon on Wednesday, January 15, 2003: Waxing Gibbous, 91% lit

Waxing · 90.8% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 19°

Moon age

12.7days

Moon phase on January 15, 2003Waxing Gibbous

Wednesday 15 January 2003393,097 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, January 15, 2003, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 90.8% of its visible face lit, 12.7 days after the new moon and growing each night.

90.8%Illumination at noon UTC
12.7 dMoon age
393,097 km244,259 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (19°)
30.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 15, 2003 is on Saturday, January 18, 2003 at 10:48 UTC, 3 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, January 2, 2003 at 20:23 UTC, 13 days earlier.

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

The Moon around January 15

More about this date

Wednesday, January 15, 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.