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The Moon on Monday, March 24, 2003: Waning Gibbous, 56% lit

Waning · 56.5% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 26°

Moon age

21.4days

Moon phase on March 24, 2003Waning Gibbous

Monday 24 March 2003374,420 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, March 24, 2003, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 56.5% of its visible face lit, 21.4 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

56.5%Illumination at noon UTC
21.4 dMoon age
374,420 km232,653 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (26°)
31.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 24, 2003 is on Tuesday, March 18, 2003 at 10:35 UTC, 6 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, April 1, 2003 at 19:19 UTC, 8 days later.

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

The Moon around March 24

More about this date

Monday, March 24, 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.