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The Moon on Sunday, August 17, 2003: Waning Gibbous, 73% lit

Waning · 73.3% lit · ♈︎ Aries 26°

Moon age

19.2days

Moon phase on August 17, 2003Waning Gibbous

Sunday 17 August 2003401,372 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, August 17, 2003, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 73.3% of its visible face lit, 19.2 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

73.3%Illumination at noon UTC
19.2 dMoon age
401,372 km249,401 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (27°)
29.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 17, 2003 is on Tuesday, August 12, 2003 at 04:48 UTC, 5 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, August 27, 2003 at 17:26 UTC, 10 days later.

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

The Moon around August 17

More about this date

Sunday, August 17, 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.