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The Moon on Sunday, March 16, 2003: Waxing Gibbous, 95% lit

Waxing · 94.6% lit · ♌︎ Leo 28°

Moon age

13.4days

Moon phase on March 16, 2003Waxing Gibbous

Sunday 16 March 2003368,834 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, March 16, 2003, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 94.6% of its visible face lit, 13.4 days after the new moon and growing each night.

94.6%Illumination at noon UTC
13.4 dMoon age
368,834 km229,183 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (29°)
32.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 16, 2003 is on Tuesday, March 18, 2003 at 10:35 UTC, 2 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, March 3, 2003 at 02:35 UTC, 13 days earlier.

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

The Moon around March 16

More about this date

Sunday, March 16, 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.