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The Moon on Thursday, August 7, 2003: Waxing Gibbous, 74% lit

Waxing · 74.2% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 13°

Moon age

9.2days

Moon phase on August 7, 2003Waxing Gibbous

Thursday 7 August 2003369,680 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, August 7, 2003, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 74.2% of its visible face lit, 9.2 days after the new moon and growing each night.

74.2%Illumination at noon UTC
9.2 dMoon age
369,680 km229,709 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (13°)
32.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 7, 2003 is on Tuesday, August 12, 2003 at 04:48 UTC, 5 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, July 29, 2003 at 06:53 UTC, 9 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Tuesday, August 5, 200307:28
Full Moon (after)Tuesday, August 12, 200304:48

The Moon around August 7

More about this date

Thursday, August 7, 2003 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of July 29, 2003 to the new moon of August 27, 2003, a cycle of 29.44 days.