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The Moon on Thursday, March 13, 2003: Waxing Gibbous, 71% lit

Waxing · 71.5% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 17°

Moon age

10.4days

Moon phase on March 13, 2003Waxing Gibbous

Thursday 13 March 2003386,451 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, March 13, 2003, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 71.5% of its visible face lit, 10.4 days after the new moon and growing each night.

71.5%Illumination at noon UTC
10.4 dMoon age
386,451 km240,129 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (18°)
30.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 13, 2003 is on Tuesday, March 18, 2003 at 10:35 UTC, 5 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, March 3, 2003 at 02:35 UTC, 10 days earlier.

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

The Moon around March 13

More about this date

Thursday, March 13, 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.