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The Moon on Thursday, February 20, 2003: Waning Gibbous, 84% lit

Waning · 83.7% lit · ♎︎ Libra 19°

Moon age

19.0days

Moon phase on February 20, 2003Waning Gibbous

Thursday 20 February 2003365,244 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, February 20, 2003, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 83.7% of its visible face lit, 19.0 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

83.7%Illumination at noon UTC
19.0 dMoon age
365,244 km226,952 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (19°)
32.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to February 20, 2003 is on Sunday, February 16, 2003 at 23:51 UTC, 4 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, March 3, 2003 at 02:35 UTC, 11 days later.

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

The Moon around February 20

More about this date

Thursday, February 20, 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.