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The Moon on Thursday, March 20, 2003: Waning Gibbous, 94% lit

Waning · 93.8% lit · ♎︎ Libra 28°

Moon age

17.4days

Moon phase on March 20, 2003Waning Gibbous

Thursday 20 March 2003360,236 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, March 20, 2003, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 93.8% of its visible face lit, 17.4 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

93.8%Illumination at noon UTC
17.4 dMoon age
360,236 km223,840 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (28°)
33.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 20, 2003 is on Tuesday, March 18, 2003 at 10:35 UTC, 2 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, April 1, 2003 at 19:19 UTC, 12 days later.

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

The Moon around March 20

More about this date

Thursday, March 20, 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.