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The Moon on Thursday, January 16, 2003: Waxing Gibbous, 96% lit

Waxing · 95.8% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 02°

Moon age

13.7days

Moon phase on January 16, 2003Waxing Gibbous

Thursday 16 January 2003388,703 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, January 16, 2003, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 95.8% of its visible face lit, 13.7 days after the new moon and growing each night.

95.8%Illumination at noon UTC
13.7 dMoon age
388,703 km241,529 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (2°)
30.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to January 16, 2003 is on Saturday, January 18, 2003 at 10:48 UTC, 2 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, January 2, 2003 at 20:23 UTC, 14 days earlier.

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

The Moon around January 16

More about this date

Thursday, January 16, 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.