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The Moon on Tuesday, August 19, 2003: Waning Gibbous, 55% lit

Waning · 55.2% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 20°

Moon age

21.2days

Moon phase on August 19, 2003Waning Gibbous

Tuesday 19 August 2003404,082 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, August 19, 2003, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 55.2% of its visible face lit, 21.2 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

55.2%Illumination at noon UTC
21.2 dMoon age
404,082 km251,085 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (20°)
29.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 19, 2003 is on Tuesday, August 12, 2003 at 04:48 UTC, 7 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, August 27, 2003 at 17:26 UTC, 8 days later.

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

The Moon around August 19

More about this date

Tuesday, August 19, 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.