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The Moon on Friday, February 21, 2003: Waning Gibbous, 74% lit

Waning · 74.3% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 03°

Moon age

20.0days

Moon phase on February 21, 2003Waning Gibbous

Friday 21 February 2003366,713 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, February 21, 2003, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 74.3% of its visible face lit, 20.0 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

74.3%Illumination at noon UTC
20.0 dMoon age
366,713 km227,865 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (4°)
32.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to February 21, 2003 is on Sunday, February 16, 2003 at 23:51 UTC, 5 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, March 3, 2003 at 02:35 UTC, 10 days later.

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

The Moon around February 21

More about this date

Friday, February 21, 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.