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The Moon on Wednesday, August 20, 2003: Last Quarter, 46% lit

Waning · 45.7% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 02°

Last Quarter at

00:48UTC

Moon phase on August 20, 2003Last Quarter

Wednesday 20 August 2003403,566 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, August 20, 2003, the Moon was a Last Quarter: 45.7% of its visible face lit, 22.2 days after the new moon and shrinking each night. The exact Last Quarter happened at .

45.7%Illumination at noon UTC
22.2 dMoon age
403,566 km250,764 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (2°)
29.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 20, 2003 is on Tuesday, August 12, 2003 at 04:48 UTC, 8 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, August 27, 2003 at 17:26 UTC, 7 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Tuesday, August 12, 200304:48
Last Quarter (this day)Wednesday, August 20, 200300:48
New Moon (after)Wednesday, August 27, 200317:26

The Moon around August 20

More about this date

Wednesday, August 20, 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.