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The Moon on Monday, March 17, 2003: Waxing Gibbous, 99% lit

Waxing · 98.5% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 13°

Moon age

14.4days

Moon phase on March 17, 2003Waxing Gibbous

Monday 17 March 2003364,341 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, March 17, 2003, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 98.5% of its visible face lit, 14.4 days after the new moon and growing each night.

98.5%Illumination at noon UTC
14.4 dMoon age
364,341 km226,391 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (13°)
32.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 17, 2003 is on Tuesday, March 18, 2003 at 10:35 UTC, 1 day later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, March 3, 2003 at 02:35 UTC, 14 days earlier.

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

The Moon around March 17

More about this date

Monday, March 17, 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.