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The Moon on Friday, August 15, 2003: Waning Gibbous, 88% lit

Waning · 88.4% lit · ♈︎ Aries 02°

Moon age

17.2days

Moon phase on August 15, 2003Waning Gibbous

Friday 15 August 2003394,632 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, August 15, 2003, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 88.4% of its visible face lit, 17.2 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

88.4%Illumination at noon UTC
17.2 dMoon age
394,632 km245,213 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (2°)
30.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 15, 2003 is on Tuesday, August 12, 2003 at 04:48 UTC, 3 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, August 27, 2003 at 17:26 UTC, 12 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Tuesday, August 12, 200304:48
Last Quarter (after)Wednesday, August 20, 200300:48

The Moon around August 15

More about this date

Friday, August 15, 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.