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The Moon on Saturday, March 15, 2003: Waxing Gibbous, 88% lit

Waxing · 88.4% lit · ♌︎ Leo 14°

Moon age

12.4days

Moon phase on March 15, 2003Waxing Gibbous

Saturday 15 March 2003374,344 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, March 15, 2003, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 88.4% of its visible face lit, 12.4 days after the new moon and growing each night.

88.4%Illumination at noon UTC
12.4 dMoon age
374,344 km232,607 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (15°)
31.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 15, 2003 is on Tuesday, March 18, 2003 at 10:35 UTC, 3 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, March 3, 2003 at 02:35 UTC, 12 days earlier.

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

The Moon around March 15

More about this date

Saturday, March 15, 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.