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The Moon on Wednesday, April 16, 2003: Full Moon, 100% lit

Waxing · 99.8% lit · ♎︎ Libra 21°

Full Moon at

19:36UTC

Moon phase on April 16, 2003Full Moon

Wednesday 16 April 2003357,638 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, April 16, 2003, the Moon was a Full Moon: 99.8% of its visible face lit, 14.7 days after the new moon and at its fullest. The exact Full Moon happened at .

99.8%Illumination at noon UTC
14.7 dMoon age
357,638 km222,226 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (22°)
33.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
FullWhole disc lit

Full moon

This is the Pink Moon, 357,297 km from Earth. Closest supermoon of the year

Nearest moon phases

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

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Wednesday, April 9, 200323:40
Full Moon (this day)Wednesday, April 16, 200319:36
Last Quarter (after)Wednesday, April 23, 200312:18

The Moon around April 16

More about this date

Wednesday, April 16, 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.