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The Moon on Friday, September 5, 2003: Waxing Gibbous, 72% lit

Waxing · 71.7% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 08°

Moon age

8.8days

Moon phase on September 5, 2003Waxing Gibbous

Friday 5 September 2003374,804 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, September 5, 2003, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 71.7% of its visible face lit, 8.8 days after the new moon and growing each night.

71.7%Illumination at noon UTC
8.8 dMoon age
374,804 km232,893 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (8°)
31.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to September 5, 2003 is on Wednesday, September 10, 2003 at 16:36 UTC, 5 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, August 27, 2003 at 17:26 UTC, 9 days earlier.

The Moon around September 5

More about this date

Friday, September 5, 2003 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of August 27, 2003 to the new moon of September 26, 2003, a cycle of 29.40 days.