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The Moon on Saturday, August 16, 2003: Waning Gibbous, 81% lit

Waning · 81.3% lit · ♈︎ Aries 14°

Moon age

18.2days

Moon phase on August 16, 2003Waning Gibbous

Saturday 16 August 2003398,393 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, August 16, 2003, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 81.3% of its visible face lit, 18.2 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

81.3%Illumination at noon UTC
18.2 dMoon age
398,393 km247,550 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (14°)
30.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 16, 2003 is on Tuesday, August 12, 2003 at 04:48 UTC, 4 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, August 27, 2003 at 17:26 UTC, 11 days later.

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

The Moon around August 16

More about this date

Saturday, August 16, 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.