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The Moon on Wednesday, July 9, 2003: Waxing Gibbous, 76% lit

Waxing · 76.4% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 18°

Moon age

9.7days

Moon phase on July 9, 2003Waxing Gibbous

Wednesday 9 July 2003366,246 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, July 9, 2003, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 76.4% of its visible face lit, 9.7 days after the new moon and growing each night.

76.4%Illumination at noon UTC
9.7 dMoon age
366,246 km227,575 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (19°)
32.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 9, 2003 is on Sunday, July 13, 2003 at 19:21 UTC, 4 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, June 29, 2003 at 18:39 UTC, 10 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Monday, July 7, 200302:32
Full Moon (after)Sunday, July 13, 200319:21

The Moon around July 9

More about this date

Wednesday, July 9, 2003 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of June 29, 2003 to the new moon of July 29, 2003, a cycle of 29.51 days.