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The Moon on Wednesday, March 12, 2003: Waxing Gibbous, 62% lit

Waxing · 61.9% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 05°

Moon age

9.4days

Moon phase on March 12, 2003Waxing Gibbous

Wednesday 12 March 2003392,103 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, March 12, 2003, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 61.9% of its visible face lit, 9.4 days after the new moon and growing each night.

61.9%Illumination at noon UTC
9.4 dMoon age
392,103 km243,642 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (5°)
30.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 12, 2003 is on Tuesday, March 18, 2003 at 10:35 UTC, 6 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, March 3, 2003 at 02:35 UTC, 9 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Tuesday, March 11, 200307:15
Full Moon (after)Tuesday, March 18, 200310:35

The Moon around March 12

More about this date

Wednesday, March 12, 2003 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of March 3, 2003 to the new moon of April 1, 2003, a cycle of 29.70 days.