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The Moon on Sunday, February 16, 2003: Full Moon, 99% lit

Waxing · 99.5% lit · ♌︎ Leo 20°

Full Moon at

23:51UTC

Moon phase on February 16, 2003Full Moon

Sunday 16 February 2003371,405 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, February 16, 2003, the Moon was a Full Moon: 99.5% of its visible face lit, 15.0 days after the new moon and at its fullest. The exact Full Moon happened at .

99.5%Illumination at noon UTC
15.0 dMoon age
371,405 km230,781 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (21°)
32.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
FullWhole disc lit

Full moon

This is the Snow Moon, 369,549 km from Earth.

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to February 16, 2003 is on Sunday, February 16, 2003 at 23:51 UTC, the same day, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, March 3, 2003 at 02:35 UTC, 15 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Sunday, February 9, 200311:11
Full Moon (this day)Sunday, February 16, 200323:51
Last Quarter (after)Sunday, February 23, 200316:46

The Moon around February 16

More about this date

Sunday, February 16, 2003 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of February 1, 2003 to the new moon of March 3, 2003, a cycle of 29.66 days.