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The Moon on Saturday, July 12, 2003: Waxing Gibbous, 98% lit

Waxing · 97.6% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 02°

Moon age

12.7days

Moon phase on July 12, 2003Waxing Gibbous

Saturday 12 July 2003366,694 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, July 12, 2003, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 97.6% of its visible face lit, 12.7 days after the new moon and growing each night.

97.6%Illumination at noon UTC
12.7 dMoon age
366,694 km227,853 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (2°)
32.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to July 12, 2003 is on Sunday, July 13, 2003 at 19:21 UTC, 1 day later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, June 29, 2003 at 18:39 UTC, 13 days earlier.

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

The Moon around July 12

More about this date

Saturday, July 12, 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.