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The Moon on Sunday, April 20, 2003: Waning Gibbous, 81% lit

Waning · 81.2% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 21°

Moon age

18.7days

Moon phase on April 20, 2003Waning Gibbous

Sunday 20 April 2003366,647 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, April 20, 2003, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 81.2% of its visible face lit, 18.7 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

81.2%Illumination at noon UTC
18.7 dMoon age
366,647 km227,824 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (21°)
32.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 20, 2003 is on Wednesday, April 16, 2003 at 19:36 UTC, 4 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, May 1, 2003 at 12:15 UTC, 11 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Wednesday, April 16, 200319:36
Last Quarter (after)Wednesday, April 23, 200312:18

The Moon around April 20

More about this date

Sunday, April 20, 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.