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The Moon on Wednesday, March 19, 2003: Waning Gibbous, 98% lit

Waning · 98.2% lit · ♎︎ Libra 13°

Moon age

16.4days

Moon phase on March 19, 2003Waning Gibbous

Wednesday 19 March 2003359,883 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, March 19, 2003, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 98.2% of its visible face lit, 16.4 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

98.2%Illumination at noon UTC
16.4 dMoon age
359,883 km223,621 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (13°)
33.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 19, 2003 is on Tuesday, March 18, 2003 at 10:35 UTC, 1 day earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, April 1, 2003 at 19:19 UTC, 13 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Tuesday, March 18, 200310:35
Last Quarter (after)Tuesday, March 25, 200301:51

The Moon around March 19

More about this date

Wednesday, March 19, 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.