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The Moon on Tuesday, February 18, 2003: Waning Gibbous, 97% lit

Waning · 96.7% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 19°

Moon age

17.0days

Moon phase on February 18, 2003Waning Gibbous

Tuesday 18 February 2003365,734 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, February 18, 2003, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 96.7% of its visible face lit, 17.0 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

96.7%Illumination at noon UTC
17.0 dMoon age
365,734 km227,256 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (20°)
32.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to February 18, 2003 is on Sunday, February 16, 2003 at 23:51 UTC, 2 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, March 3, 2003 at 02:35 UTC, 13 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Sunday, February 16, 200323:51
Last Quarter (after)Sunday, February 23, 200316:46

The Moon around February 18

More about this date

Tuesday, February 18, 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.