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The Moon on Tuesday, April 15, 2003: Waxing Gibbous, 97% lit

Waxing · 97.3% lit · ♎︎ Libra 06°

Moon age

13.7days

Moon phase on April 15, 2003Waxing Gibbous

Tuesday 15 April 2003359,959 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, April 15, 2003, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 97.3% of its visible face lit, 13.7 days after the new moon and growing each night.

97.3%Illumination at noon UTC
13.7 dMoon age
359,959 km223,668 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (6°)
33.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 15, 2003 is on Wednesday, April 16, 2003 at 19:36 UTC, 1 day later, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, April 1, 2003 at 19:19 UTC, 14 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Wednesday, April 9, 200323:40
Full Moon (after)Wednesday, April 16, 200319:36

The Moon around April 15

More about this date

Tuesday, April 15, 2003 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of April 1, 2003 to the new moon of May 1, 2003, a cycle of 29.71 days.