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The Moon on Saturday, August 9, 2003: Waxing Gibbous, 91% lit

Waxing · 91.0% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 11°

Moon age

11.2days

Moon phase on August 9, 2003Waxing Gibbous

Saturday 9 August 2003372,265 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, August 9, 2003, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 91.0% of its visible face lit, 11.2 days after the new moon and growing each night.

91.0%Illumination at noon UTC
11.2 dMoon age
372,265 km231,315 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (12°)
32.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 9, 2003 is on Tuesday, August 12, 2003 at 04:48 UTC, 3 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, July 29, 2003 at 06:53 UTC, 11 days earlier.

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

The Moon around August 9

More about this date

Saturday, August 9, 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.